I've started to strip the engine today whilst I'm waiting to remove the body. No.3 piston is stuck in the bore so I had to remove the big end cap and remove the piston and conrod with the block thus sacrificing the little (oil baffle?) plate. Hopefully you can buy new ones! What's the best way to free it off. It's been sat with diesel in the top of the bore for a couple of weeks and that hasn't helped. Soak it from the bottom for a bit??
Once No.3 was disconnected, the rest of the engine turns pretty freely.
Having got the block off, I have a few questions:
1) I seem to have alloy pistons. Is that normal?
![[Image: piston1.jpg]](http://www.g32.co.uk/images/piston1.jpg)
![[Image: piston2.jpg]](http://www.g32.co.uk/images/piston2.jpg)
Also, I appear to have a hollow crank. Now I've read that the standard saloon engine isn't pressure fed so is the oilway present on all of them and just not used, or is this non-standard?
Thanks
Once No.3 was disconnected, the rest of the engine turns pretty freely.
Having got the block off, I have a few questions:
1) I seem to have alloy pistons. Is that normal?
Also, I appear to have a hollow crank. Now I've read that the standard saloon engine isn't pressure fed so is the oilway present on all of them and just not used, or is this non-standard?
Thanks