Cylinder Liners: Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Jeep Liberty. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the oil jets, remove the oil jets before removing the pistons or liners.

Remove engine from vehicle.
With engine completely disassembled, use special tool VM.1001 to remove liner assembly. See Fig 1.

Fig 1: CYLINDER LINER REMOVER
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Tighten bolt on VM.1001 to remove liner from block. See Fig 2.

Fig 2: CYLINDER LINER REMOVAL

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1 - SPECIAL TOOL VM.1001

2 - CYLINDER LINER

3 - ENGINE BLOCK

Remove shim(s) from cylinder liner or cylinder block recess. Keep shim(s) with each cylinder liner until cylinder liner protrusion measurement.