HOW TO USE ENGINE RELEASE
Just identify your engine type and follow the link for full instructions.
Dismantling an Engine for Rebuild
Automotive engines
Motorcycles:
two-stroke
Motorcycles:
four-stroke
Cars
and light trucks: Gas-powered
Cars
and light trucks: Diesel-powered
ATVs,
skidoos etc.: two-stroke
ATVs,
skidoos etc.: four-stroke
Home and garden equipment
Our advice applies to all forms of engine-powered home and garden equipment. This includes:
Lawn
mowers
Lawn
tractors
Leaf
blowers
Garden
tillers
Edgers
and trimmers
Chippers,
shredders and mulchers
Portable
compressors
Chainsaws
Snowblowers
Pressure
washers
Generators
Click any of the above links and use the information there to identify your machinery's engine type. There are two types. The approach differs depending on whether your machine has a type 1 or type 2 engine.
Agriculture equipment
Agriculture equipment falls into three categories. Identify your engine type and click the link below to read instructions on using Engine Release to free your seized engine.
Agricultural
Diesel engines
Agricultural
Gas engines
John
Deere horizontal engines
Marine engines
We have split our coverage into three areas: two-stroke outboard motors, four-stroke outboard motors and inboard Gas or Diesel engines. Click the links for full instructions on using Engine Release to free seized-up marine engines.
Two-stroke
outboard motors
Four-stroke
outboard boat motors
Inboard
Gas marine engines
Diesel marine engines
Industrial engines
We will be happy to advise on an individual case-by-case basis for industrial engines.Please contact us with your requirements by clicking here.
Dismantling for a total rebuild?
We start from the bottom!
- Drop the pan.
- Drop the oil pump.
- Drop the crank
- Rotate the engine so that the bottom is at the top., you are now looking at the under side of your pistons.
- Each day for a week wet the area between the piston skirt and cylinder wall with Engine Release letting it soak in. The more often the better.
- Now rotate the engine a 180°, so that it is sitting with the pistons looking at you. (If you haven’t, remove the head/heads)
- Any piston that is not at top dead center or 100% at the bottom of the stroke should get one firm blow from your 4 lb engineer’s hammer and wooden block. (Get a really nice piece of hard wood turned ¼” smaller diameter than the Id of your cylinder’s bore)
- Now treat each cylinder as describe in our instructions, let the Engine Release soak in for a week.
- One firm blow or two on each piston crown should drive the pistons out the bottom, be careful, you can save everything if you are.
V Style engines should be handled exactly as above but one cylinder bank ( side) at a time should be worked on. Block up the engine so that the side you are working on is as close to vertical as possible. Keeping the cylinders vertical will allow you to treat your engines with a minimum of Engine Release.