Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications 3.0L Duratec Bearing opinions

For future reference TH says.

...advice/old test.Rub across the main and crank journals with a penny or copper coin....if they leave a copper deposit in grooves then the crank needs a reground and oversize bearings.Watch out with the oilways too....Don't forget the 'sand in block' issues of a LOT of Escape 3.0 and some other 3.0 blocks....lot of used 'junk' out there....with sand in the main feeds to the main bearings....