TL L5-2451cc 2.5L SOHC MFI (1997)
Crankshaft: Service and Repair
Installation
Oil: Before installing the crankshaft, apply a coat of engine oil to the main bearings and rod bearings.
1. Insert bearing halves in the cylinder block and connecting rods.
2. Install the thrust washers in the No. 4 journal. Oil the thrust washer surfaces.
3. Lower the crankshaft into the cylinder block, seating the rod journals into connecting rods No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5. Install the rod caps and nuts
finger-tight outward.
4. Rotate the crankshaft clockwise, seat journals into connecting rods No. 3 and No. 4, and install the rod caps and nuts finger tight.
NOTE: Install caps so the bearing recess is on the same side as the recess in the rod.
5. Check rod bearing clearance with plastigage, then torque the cap-nuts.
32 Nm (24 ft. lbs.)
NOTE:
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Reference numbers on connecting rod are for big-end bore tolerance and do not indicate the position of piston in the engine.
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Coat the bolt threads with engine oil.
Main Bolt Torque Sequence
6. Install the main bearing caps. Check clearance with plastigage, then tighten the bearing cap bolts in two steps. In the first step, torque all bolts in
sequence to about 29 Nm (22 ft. lbs.); in the final step, torque in same sequence to 74 Nm (54 ft. lbs.).
