Workshop Manuals Factory service & repair Alfa Romeo
01 1.7 16V Boxer engine (1712)02 1.9 JTD engine (1910)03 1.9 TD and TD Cat engine (1929)04 146 bodywork05 Engine overhaul: index and updates06 Engine overhaul: 1.3 and 1.6 Boxer (AR33501, AR33201)07 Engine overhaul: 1.7 16V Boxer (AR33401)08 Engine overhaul: 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 Twin Spark 16V09 Engine overhaul: 2.0 Twin Spark 16V10 Engine overhaul: 1.9 JTD (AR32302)11 Engine overhaul: 1.9 TD (AR67501)12 Engine overhaul: 3.0 V6 (AR16101)13 Engine overhaul: 3.0 V6 24V (AR16102)14 Engine overhaul: 2.0 V6 Turbo (AR16202)
Alfa Romeo 145/146 Engines, 146 Bodywork and Engine Overhaul Manual (1994-2001)13 · Engine overhaul: 3.0 V6 24V (AR16102)
13 · Engine

Crankshaft removal

Make
Alfa Romeo
Model
145/146 Engines, 146 Bodywork and Engine Overhaul Manual
Year
1994–2001
Section
Overhauling › Crankshaft removal
Engine overhaul: 3.0 V6 24V (AR16102)Crankshaft removal
  1. Remove the cylinder liner and O-Ring.
  2. Extract the gas rings and the oil scraper from the pistons with a suitable tool.

IMPORTANT: Be careful not to damage rings which could be re-used.

  1. Extract the two pin snap rings.
  2. Extract the pin and separate the piston from the connecting rod.
Diagram showing piston, connecting rod, cylinder liner, O-ring, gas rings, oil scraper, and pin snap rings with numbered parts

CRANKSHAFT REMOVAL

  • Turn the engine on the overhaul stand.
  1. Loosen the main bearing fastening nuts and remove the front and central main bearings with a suitable tool.
  2. Remove the respective main half-bearings.
Diagram showing crankshaft, main bearings, and half-bearings with numbered parts

25 Nm + 79°
2.5 kgm + 79°

  1. Remove the rear main bearing with lever no. 1.821.006.001 (A.3.0139/0001) and fork no. 1.821.006.002 (A.3.0139/0002).
  2. Remove the respective main half-bearing.
  3. Remove the seals.
Diagram showing lever and fork being used to remove rear main bearing with numbered parts
  1. Remove the crankshaft rear oil seal.
  2. Remove the crankshaft.
  3. Remove the thrust half-bearings.
  4. Remove the main journal half-bearings.
Diagram showing crankshaft with numbered parts

Parts & tools for this job For 1994 Alfa Romeo 145/146

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