tips 4 removing a 3.2 V6 DOHC on a 95.5

[jjmccloud82]

easy way to seperate engine from tranny

[amigo-2k]

why?

[jjmccloud82]

Originally Posted by amigo-2k

why?

im trying to do so

[rodeo02]

Originally Posted by jjmccloud82

easy way to seperate engine from tranny

No not really . Just like any other RWD/4x4 truck. Get the exhaust & crossmembers out of the way, drop the driveshaft(s), etc.... BTW, you have a SOHC 3.2L in your 95.5. DOHC's in the rodeo didn't come out until 1998.
G/luck
Joel

[jjmccloud82]

i dont know what specs your looking at but it is a 95 DOHC

[rodeo02]

Originally Posted by jjmccloud82

i dont know what specs your looking at but it is a 95 DOHC

If you are driving a stock 1995.5 rodeo 3.2L (any pre 1998 3.2 rodeo), you have one cam on top of each cylinder head. This is a single over-head cam engine (SOHC).

G/luck
Joel

[jjmccloud82]

it says DOHC right on the engine and i got the year from the doorjam

[Ramblin Fever]

Originally Posted by jjmccloud82

it says DOHC right on the engine and i got the year from the doorjam

You may be right, in which case, that's not the original engine in that truck. I currently own a 97 Rodeo 3.2L SOHC engine and have in the past also had a 91 3.1L V6 as well. I can tell you that the DOHC's did NOT come out til the 98+ model years - whom ever had this truck before you replaced the original engine.

The 91-92's have a GM 3.1L 140HP, 93-95.5's have the SOHC 3.2L Isuzu engine with 175HP, I believe, and the 96-97's have the 3.2L SOHC Isuzu engine as well, with 190HP.

The 98+'s all have either the 3.2L DOHC engine with 205HP; and some now are built with the 3.5L engine.

Take a look at the VIN number on that DOHC engine, bet apples to grapes that it doesn't match the label on the doorjam. I hope for the sake of honesty, that someone didn't lie to you when they sold you that truck, telling you that it was the OEM engine.

[jjmccloud82]

i was reading other treads about timing belts and i have knocking that was decribed as the tensioner and pusher failure i check mine and sure enough that my problem

[amigo-2k]

So there is no reason to yank your engine then right?

[jjmccloud82]

well not right now unless there was damage to the valves but if it is ok then ill do it in the spring because i do have high miles [152999]and a oil leak which is either valve cover gasket or oil pan gasket and i already bought a used one with 100000 on it there real hard to find