2.0L 16V: The Project Begins

[nicadimus@hotmail.com (Elijah R)]

>Since I have a hoist I'm now wondering if it would be easier to take the 
>motor out the top instead of lowering it down and taking it out under the 
>front of the car. I can't tell if I'll need to pull the hood off or not.

Whenever I have a hoist I take it out the top, no need to remove the hood a 
broom handel will hold it almost verticle. I would strongly recomend a load 
leveler for that hoist, even more so if you have no one to help guide the 
engine out of the bay ($30 at autozone). tilt the tranny down some (-20 
degrees or so) and it should go right up.

-Elijah



>From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: 2.0L 16V: The Project Begins
>Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 23:59:21 -0700 (PDT)
>
>It came today.
>
>It was a thing of beauty - carefully wrapped and padded, bolted securely
>to the crate. a towel protecting the head gasket surface. I was itching
>with excitement..
>
>My shortblock was here!!
>
>9A, 80k miles, compression 215 psi x 4
>
>It appears to be in good shape. I can still see the cross-hatching in the
>cylinder bore. Nice and shiny inside, small amount of carbon in the
>centers of the pistons. The valve cutouts in the tops of the pistons are
>still shiny. No rust in the oil passages, but there does appear to be some
>rust inside the water jackets. I'm kinda concerned about that but I will
>clean out as much as I can now and flush the engine after its installed.
>
>I dropped the oil pan and there's a windage tray installed. It appears to
>be a factory part - 037 115 220. There is an integral rubber gasket that
>looks like it replaces the oil pan gasket and is probably designed to be
>reused.. No other markings. Anyone know anything about this?
>
>How do windage trays work, anyways? I know they're supposed to keep oil
>away from the crank so it doesn't cause "parasitic drag" or something. But
>it doesn't look like it would keep oil away at all - it has a bunch of
>holes and cutouts in it. Seems like it would just take up space in the oil
>pan. And don't you want some oil on the crank anyway to lubricate the
>lower cylinders..
>
>I'm thinking maybe when you pressurize the lubrication system the oil
>level in the pan drops enough that the windage tray acts as more of a
>splash shield than anything. Anyone care to educate me here?
>
>I changed the rear main seal and bolted the pan pack up. I forgot how many
>oil pan bolts there are - it seemed like fifty! I had a big pile of them
>going..
>
>Are all the crankcase breathers and oil filter flanges and all that crap
>the same on 1.8 vs 2.0 ? It looks like it but I won't know for sure until
>I pull my 1.8 16v out, I suppose. The dipstick appears to be a different
>length by about 1/4" .. I'm gonna use the 2.0 one.
>
>I finally figured out what the hell that little flange with the "wishbone"
>cover on it is for - the distributor mount for 8v motors. I've seen 8v's
>before with the distributor there driven off the intermediate shaft, but
>for some reason it never really "clicked" with me that they used the
>"same" block and I always wondered what the hell the purpose of that thing
>was. I assumed it was covered up crankcase breather or something..
>
>Anyway, I started pulling parts off the 1.8 but I won't be able to dig my
>teeth in until tomorrow morning. The tough parts are gonna be getting the
>lower stress bar off and the bolts back in the a-arms without anything
>moving (been there, hated that), and getting the exhaust manifold off
>without breaking studs off flush with the head. The downpipe nuts are
>only 1.5 years old so they should be no problem. Any tips would be
>appreciated. The rest of it seems like kiddy stuff since I've done it all
>already.
>
>Since I have a hoist I'm now wondering if it would be easier to take the
>motor out the top instead of lowering it down and taking it out under the
>front of the car. I can't tell if I'll need to pull the hood off or not.
>
>After I get the motor out I'm gonna have plenty of time to go over
>everything with a fine toothed comb since my lightened flywheel isn't
>going to arrive until Tuesday (UPS apparently needs 7 days to ship coast
>to coast). I will be cleaning the piss out of the engine compartment,
>putting in new steering rack bushings and redoing drive flange, selector
>shaft, and pushrod seals in the tranny. Plus installing a new throwout
>bearing.
>
>What else I should do while in the area.. I gotta go back to the local
>parts place to return my extra oil pan gasket anyway and I've got some
>extra time.
>
>Should I replace the gasket between the block and the oil filter flange?
>Do these have a reputation for leaking because I'm considering reusing the
>old one - it looks like its in pretty good shape - still soft. The guy who
>shipped the shortblock removed the flange to ship it but before that it
>was installed.
>
>I'm pretty tired from carrying everything including all my tools up a
>steep ass hill to my friend's garage and then squatting in front of a
>motor for the afternoon and evening so I'm gonna go to bed now so I can
>dig in for the long haul tomorrow. 'Roc and roll!
>
>-Toby
>
>--
>'87 16v soon to be 2.0 16v
>
>
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