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How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
05-27-2011
This is the typical way I will pull an engine out the top. I've found it to be about the fastest way. Little things like working while the oil and coolant are draining will save you more time. Taking the tools indicated to the car once will always save you time.
1. Jack and support the car
2. Disconnect negative battery cable
3. Drain engine oil and coolant
Top of motor
Tools: hose clamp tool, pick, 10mm socket, magnet (for 10mm's if needed)
4. Disconnect TPS, MAP, IAC, Evap, big connector next to passenger dogbone connection (on motor), ECT, alternator (cable plus connector), EGR and injectors. (Injectors on older style is push in on wire clip and wiggle connctor off)
5. Unclip the couple of places the wiring loom is held on the top of motor. Unclip loom that goes down by the rear of the anlternator.
6. Unhook top radiator hose at engine, Unhook lower at radiator or engine, remove heater hoses at alternator bracket.
7. Disconnect fuel lines. If you do not have the tool, remove the 4 10mm nuts holding the fuel rail to the engine and gently flop the rail with lines attached up on the cowl/windshield. Disconnect Evap lines at the evap soleniod. Typically one squeeze to make round connector.
Under passenger side
13mm, 15mm, 18mm, 19mm sockets, long extension (close to 3 feet), something to tie up a power steering pump, phillips screw driver
8. Remove passenger tire
9. Remove splash shield
10. Going through the power steering pump pulley, loosen 2 13mm bolts. One at 6 o'clock, one at 12. Leave the bolts in the pump. Tie the pump up to the strut tower or hood support to hold it up. NOTE: if this is the first time the pump has been moved, there is a wire/connector clipped to the back of it. Pull the connector loose from the pump. And disconnect the connector. This is your rear knock sensor extension harness.
11. Disconnect the oil pressure sensor and remove the oil pressure sensor. It will leak about a 1/2 cup of oil.
12. Look straight in at a black bracket from teh diff to engine. Remove the 4 13mm bolts holding it in. Remove bracket
13. Look along the back of the engine toward the transmission, see the 18mm bolt. Using the long extensions and a deep 18mm socket, remove that bolt. The long socket will hold the bolt.
14. Remove the electrical connector on the top front of the AC compressor. Remove 3 15mm nuts holding the AC compressor to the bracket.
15. Look under the motor mount under the subframe and remove 2 15mm nuts holding the mount to the subframe.
Under front of car:
8mm, 10mm, 13mm, 15mm, 18mm sockets, flat screw driver, I like a 10mm ratcheting wrench, pick
16. Remove the 3 10mm bolts holding the plastic inspection covers over the starter and flex plate.
17. Remove the 2 15mm bolts holding the starter to the motor
18. Remove and reinstall (once wiring is off) the 8mm nut and 13mm nut holding the wires to the starter. Might be good to zip tie the wires from the 13mm nut together so you can't confuse the black one with a ground on reassembly.
19. On the front of the oil pan is the oil level sensor. Turn if necessary to see a gap in it. Use your pick to push frm the oil pan outward in that gap. There is a connector and it's clipped, but you likely can't see it under the grime.
20. Remove the two 15mm bolts holding the AC compressor to the bracket in the rear. Push it off the front studs and allow it lay on the front subframe member.
21. Turn the engine with your screwdriver through the inspection area via the teeth of the flexplate to see the torque converter bolts. Remove the three 18mm TC bolts holding the flex with your screwdriver. Optionally a helper turning the harmonic balancer bolt and holding it for you can eliminate the screwdriver. Who has a helper though?
Under rear of engine:
13mm or 15mm socket and long extension. Ideally you have Snap on Deep ball pivot sockets.
22. Remove the two exhaust manifold to dowpipe nuts.
Front top (drivers side)
23. Look at the bolts holding the transmission to motor. At the bottom most front position is the bolt/stud holding the negative battery cable. Remove the 15mm nut holding the cable/grounds. Remove the grounds, then with an 18mm remove that bolt.
24. flop the wiring harness to the passenger side, off the motor. Position your hoist in place, hook up and lightly take the slack out of the chains.
25. Take the remaining 3 18mm bolts out of the transmission to engine.
26. Position a floor jack under the passenger end of the transmission tail shaft. Kiss the bottom of it to support it when the engine is out.
27. Wiggle motor loose and start to lift. Disconnect your hood struts at the hood and prop the hood open for a moment. Pull engine. Reconnect struts.
Last edited by BillBoost37; 03-13-2012 at 01:08 PM.
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GXP Level Member
05-27-2011
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GTX Level Member
05-27-2011
very nice write up wish i had this way back in the beginning
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
05-27-2011
I make it up as I go. Def changed since my first time
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
youtu.be/xhrBDcQq2DM
05-27-2011
If you're taking out both engine and trans, you would use the same writeup, basically add take the trans mount bolts out and driver side tire off, unplug wires for trans harness, pop out the trans selector shift cable (also need add to 1st post to take tb/cruise cable off tb) disconnect trans lines. When you go to pull the engine and trans, lift up some so it is free but not binding the shafts, then should have room to wiggle the engine and disconnect the cv shafts. Once they are out, lower down once to establish the correct angle to pull, you will want to take the oil filter off for clearance and pull the engine so the coil packs are the highest point and the trans range selector side is a low point. This is to get the trans around the ABS/brake booster, may need to expirement and twist as needed. I would take the range selector switch off the trans too, it is too easy to break in that spot.
But this is the Billboost style, not sure if he would approve...
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GXP Level Member
05-27-2011
request for pics of hoist attatched to motor? thanks for the time for the write up
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
SE Level Member
06-20-2011
sounds like a good 4 / 5 hr project
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
I drink..so consider that when reading my posts.
2010 Audi A6 Dual IC's
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GPFs Sexy Ginger.
06-22-2011
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#10
Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
Donating User
06-23-2011
hey thats me in the first pic!
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#11
Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GXP Level Member
06-23-2011
newb question, what exactly do you hook the chains to?
99 GT - top swapped, S2X cam. - sadly, sold
96 Firebird Formula - T-tops and exhaust leak. 14.26 @ 97.8 - sold
2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS - stock, in all of it's turbocharged awesomeness
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
The mod from over yonder
06-23-2011
I always go alternator bracket, and the rest go in the sides of the head.
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#13
Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
The mod from over yonder
06-23-2011
Or if your one of those women with engine pull brackets still on the engine use those.
01 gtp-big cam e85 dd 78dodge- guzzling fuel 05 cummins- rollin coal
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GXP Level Member
06-24-2011
sides of the head as in like, stick a head bolt through a chain link?
99 GT - top swapped, S2X cam. - sadly, sold
96 Firebird Formula - T-tops and exhaust leak. 14.26 @ 97.8 - sold
2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS - stock, in all of it's turbocharged awesomeness
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#15
Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
06-24-2011
Yup.. Typically I pull the alt out of the way. I like to say I don't use the aluminum brackets, but I do often hook to them.
Then there's the back corner by the EGR. I took a spare pull bracket, trimmed a lot of fat from it and it sneaks right down to the stud by the EGR tube on the exhaust manifold. Yeah me!
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
The mod from over yonder
06-24-2011
Who has egr and manifolds by the time they need to pull an engine?
01 gtp-big cam e85 dd 78dodge- guzzling fuel 05 cummins- rollin coal
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#17
Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
06-24-2011
Visual inspection states. I had an EGR sitting there with a full size IC core, Gen V etc etc. As long as they saw the evap valve and egr, they passed the car.
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2010 Audi A6 Dual IC's
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
The mod from over yonder
06-24-2011
Oh yeah I forgot about you emissions guys, I like iowa.
01 gtp-big cam e85 dd 78dodge- guzzling fuel 05 cummins- rollin coal
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#19
Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
06-24-2011
I was running HPT with a 99 harness in my 97. so the vin was wrong. You wanna see what I did to resolve that issue when I went to emissions?
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2010 Audi A6 Dual IC's
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Re: How to pull an engine: BillBoost Style
GrandPrix Junkie
06-24-2011
yes^^
trying to do that but not working out to well
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