would filling the cylinders completely with liquid wrench and then letting them sit for a few days so it really has a chance to soak, then pull all the plugs out and turn it slowly by hand to force the liquid wrench out the plug holes, be a bad Idea? I did that on an mg that sat since the 80s and it seemed to work? The reason I thought that is because the tilt of the v only half of the piston would have oil on it the other half would be dry.
Advice on Using a rebuilt Engine From 10 years ago?
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If you don't want to take it all apart, at least drop the oil pan to see if there's too much oxidation on the cylinders. Ideally you could just take one head off, it would only take a day to take apart and rebuild. Without looking you could be doing all that work for nothing... especially if it's been in Florida humidity.
Well, it's been in a plastic bag in the garage on a stand, and all of the open ports are sealed with duct tape or plugs. Leaving it open=death.
85 Cutlass Brougham said:
That's true, I had to hone my cylinders a good amount with 300 grit after leaving it in the garage for two hot humid Texas months. I would hate to see what it would look like after a long time of storage. :shock:
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