silvervtec96

I'm looking to pull my engine from my car to the timing belt, water pump, motor mounts, a/c tensioner, clutch and valve adjustment. Figured it would be much easier to do all outside the engine bay.

Any one who has done this have any advice on this topic. I searched for engine removal and dropping engine and didn't really find much.

Thanks.


Oh, I'll take lots of pictures when I do it though!

underst8

IDK man i'd say that is a lot more work than would be just to do that maintenance in the engine bay.

INSPIRE 32V

iTrader: (1)

taking the engine out is not hard what so ever in our cars. just make sure u got a nice place to work at and have tools.

rp_guy

change the main seals while you're at it

Nutshell

main seals for sure. but you dont really have to pull the engine for all of this. the clutch will require a tranny drop but other wise everything can be done under the hood.

silvervtec96

Ya, I kinda figured the engine drop would be over kill, but thought it would be fun and make it easier to do the work on the engine! Plus I was going to put the epoxy in all my engine mounts. I'll see how it all goes. Thanks for the advice!

fsttyms1

Ive pulled my motor before,you could pull the whole thing in a matter of 2 hrs (or less for those who have done it before). Its VERY easy on the TL. Unhook a few things(rad hoses ps pump a few grounds, shifter cable and unplug a few connections on the drivers side), pull the wire harness (unhook from ecu) thru firewall and leave attached to motor, un hook exhaust from cat, leave trans attached lift from the top. As your lifting separate the axles from trans that way you dont have to take them out of the knuckles.

Overkill for what you want to do but not that hard to do

Soccer_playa1579

i think thats a good idea =). just make sure u plug everything back in before you fire that bad boy.. lol

silvervtec96

Did you lift the engine out or drop it out? The manual says you drop it out the bottom...but it would be much easier to pull it through the top.

Part of me wants to pull just to do it! Then I can clean it up and see how everything works...dam engineer in me!

silvervtec96

Has anyone pulled their engine from the top, or is dropping it the only option?

Thanks.

mordor110

If you drop it you have to remove the sub-frame and I think this will throw out the alignment when you put it back together, so you'll have to get it aligned afterwards. I'm not sure if you can pull it from the top and leave the sub-frame/cross member in place? I seem to remember a service tech @ the stealer telling me it had to be moved to pull the trans to do the clutch also.

fsttyms1

I posted in my post to pull it from the top.Its VERY EASY You will have to remove the hood struts and stand the hood straight up or remove it (which isnt hard to do)

If you drop it you have to remove the subframe and bumper, then find a way to lift the car over it.

silvervtec96

Thanks! I'm not sure if I will pull it, but I'm leaning to pulling just to do it!

PowerRev

If your goin to do all that while doing a clutch, You might as well pull out the engine. The only thing that makes taking out a engine long is pulling out axles, and mounts, and since axles are coming out anyways, you should just take out the engine. You will be happy you did when doing the timing belt.

jutsinn

Sorry to bring this old thread back, but I'm pulling the motor on my 03 Accord and can't find any info on that so I figured i'd look here since they're very similar cars.

Manual says to go from the bottom but since I'm working out of a garage w/o a lift I would rather go from the top, is it possible to unbolt the motor from the trans and just pull the motor or is there not enough clearance to slide the motor off the trans shaft?

nspec_ya4

iTrader: (38)

manuals are easier to pull out from the top.

jutsinn

That's what I was hoping for as I'm working without a lift, can you slide the motor off the trans or will I be looking at pulling the trans as well?

nspec_ya4

iTrader: (38)

what i meant to say was u can pull the motor and manual tranny out together from the top.

as far as removing the motor with auto tranny together, u can only take them out from the bottom.

You will have to separate them in order to take the motor out from the top (in auto)

fsttyms1

Pull the trans with the motor. You will thank yourself later. Unbolting it is much easier outside of the car, and mating them back together is much easier outside the car.

fsttyms1

I got mine out with the auto trans attached. If you have a engine leveler you can tilt the motor and trans to get it to clear

jutsin

Thanks for the advice. I'll try to get the garage cleaned up and hopefully start on it today