FixVault
Home › Ford › 2007 › Taurus SE › Repair and Diagnosis › Engine Mechanical › Mechanical › Engine › In-Vehicle Servicing › Connecting Rod Bearings › Removal

Connecting Rod Bearings: Removal

CAUTION: During engine repair procedures, cleanliness is extremely important. Any foreign material, including any material created while cleaning gasket surfaces that enters the oil passages, coolant passages or the oil pan, can cause engine failure.
  1. Remove the oil pan. For additional information, refer to Engine Lubrication Components - Exploded View, Oil Pan, Oil Pan Baffle and Oil Pump  and Oil Pan  .
  2. If necessary, remove the oil pump. For additional information, refer to Engine Lubrication Components - Exploded View, Oil Pan, Oil Pan Baffle and Oil Pump  and Oil Pump .
    3. CAUTION: The connecting rod bearing caps and the connecting rods are a matched set. Installing the incorrect connecting rod bearing cap on a connecting rod may result in engine damage.
  3. Remove the 2 nuts and the connecting rod bearing cap.
  4. Remove the connecting rod bearings.
About FixVault