PeteCRD wrote:
I have an 06 liberty CRD which has been parked up for a while after the engine blew. I am not sure to what extent the damage is and I want to see if I can find out before giving up on it. from my research it seems its impossible to remove the oil pan without lifting the engine out- anyone who can confirm this? I was thinking even if I can tilt the pan down 2 inches or so just to see if I have any broken pieces in the pan.
I am wondering if maybe just my timing belt went- and would like to take off the front cover. I found a great youtube channel, CORobotchicken who has detailed CRD vidoes.. it seems to take the timing cover off its necessary to remove the front clip? Anyone who can confirm what has to really come off just to take a look under the timing cover?
I did see sparks fly behind me when the engine died, so i think its more carnage than just a timing belt and rockers. I was running for a few days on mostly distilled water, doing a few drain and fills to remove the wrong coolant which was mixed with what belonged in it after my mechanic at the time replaced the tstat and topped off with the wrong coolant, which didnt mix well but ran fine for months, until i decided id replace all the coolant with zercon, so i had done a few drain and fills and am thinking running (although for a short time/distance) on mostly distilled water may have caused the failure.
I honestly have no idea where to start looking to figure out the extent of the damage seeing it appears its impossible to even remove the oil pan unless the engine comes out of the jeep.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Pete
Hi Pete, thats my youtube channel you were looking at.
You might do better getting responses in the CRD section:
viewforum.php?f=5You don't have to take the front clip off to get the timing cover, but its much easier IMO to just do it that way.
IF you can get the fan shroud off without pulling the front you can get the cover off to look. Its possible, but you spend so much time trying to fight it out that I've found its much quicker to just pull the bumper and other stuff.
Also, if you end up needing to replace an engine you will find it easier to install a new one with the front stuff out to slide it in.
I'd recommending picking up a big enough tarp, folding the back seats down, and placing everything in the back as you take it apart. Bag up small items like the plastic fasteners that hold the plastics bumper and shrouds on, labeling them as you go. Things like bolts screw them back in after you have taken it apart, like if you remove the electric fan screw the 3 bolts that hold it on back into the intercooler right away, this keeps you from loosing those 3 bolts and it keeps the square nuts from falling out of the intercooler.
Do it this way and you will minimize the risk of forgetting or loosing stuff long term, and you can also properly take it apart to figure out whats happened.
Look around on craigslist, there have been some pretty cheap CRDs, like $1500-2500 that needed work but otherwise had good engines, maybe engines with bad rockers, but still useable.
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