Bore scope through injector cup?

[MeTo]

Has anyone tried to bore scope through an injector cup hole to check for a cross hatch on a cylinder wall with the piston at the bottom of the stroke? I know that hole is small.

 

[Arisley]

Use the glow plug hole.

 

[gotchadollar]

I’ve got the snap on bore scope that will do it, I had to buy the smaller camera attachment for it to work. It has a bottom and side camera to look at the piston and sidewalls.

 

[MeTo]

I thought the glow plug was smaller in diameter. I will check that.

Have you actually viewed cylinder walls? If so, is the resolution such that a cross hatch be determined?

 

[gotchadollar]

Ive looked through the injector hole. And yes you can see the cross hatches in the cylinder wall.

I thought the glow plug was smaller in diameter. I will check that.

Have you actually viewed cylinder walls? If so, is the resolution such that a cross hatch be determined?

 

[MeTo]

Great, I have work to do.

My engine has about 114,000 on it and over the last year, blow by is increasing. I checked the compression and the driver's side is ~360 with the passenger side ~340. My oil pan is weeping a little also.

So, I'm going to pull it as soon as the weather is reasonable here in NE Wisconsin. Hopefully it will be a matter of a rering and a reseal?

Is it possible to pull the engine without removing the radiator support and stuff forward of it? I.e. just the radiator, fan, clutch and all that crap.

 

[gnxtc2]

Is it possible to pull the engine without removing the radiator support and stuff forward of it? I.e. just the radiator, fan, clutch and all that crap.

Yep. I left the radiator in when I had to pull my motor to seal the oil pan. Just removed the fan/fan clutch from the water pump.

Billy T.
gnxtc2@aol.com

 

[MeTo]

Thanks, that is good news.