Checking The Crankshaft Journal Oil Clearance - SELVA MARINE Dorado 50 EFI Service Manual

3. Select the suitable color b for the con-
necting rod bearing from the table.
Connecting Crankpin
rod mark/color mark
I/Red
I/Red
II/Blue
II/Blue
III/Yellow
III/Yellow
Checking the crankshaft journal oil
clearance
1. Clean the bearings, crankshaft journals,
and bearing portions of the crankcase
and cylinder block.
6C13G11
Bearing
color
A Yellow
B
Red
A
B
Pink
A
B Green
2. Place the cylinder block upside down on
a bench.
3. Install half of the bearings 1 and the
crankshaft 2 into the cylinder block 3.
NOTE:
• Install the main bearings in their original
positions.
• Insert the projection a of each bearing into
the slots in the cylinder block.
4. Put a piece of Plastigauge (PG-1) on
each crankshaft journal parallel to the
crankshaft.
NOTE:
Do not put the Plastigauge (PG-1) over the
oil hole in the main journals of the crankshaft.
5. Install the remaining half of the bearings
into the crankcase.
NOTE:
• Install the main bearings in their original
positions.
• Insert the projection of each bearing into
the slots in the crankcase.
Cylinder block
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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