Re: I\'m so bummed. It rained on my engine.
It doesnt look that bad to me--but I've taken engines out of junkyards that were left sitting in a car without an intake manifold,and was full of leaves and pine needles in the lifter galley,and run them!--in fact a 305 from a 77 monte carlo is in my friends cutlass for over 3 years now,thats the engine I'm speaking of--we never even dropped the pan,just drained whatever was in the pan and changed it after 50 miles or so(and some real nasty looking crud and rust came out,the oil filter was real heavy too /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif)despite all this its still hanging together,and he beats it pretty bad--it does smoke some,but not so bad you'd get tickets or anything.I'd clean yours out carefully,you may do more harm cleaning it when you loosen all the rust up,and any steel wool or wire brush bristles wont be very good for it-- like Tim said hot tanking it will remove the rust,but all the pistons and bearings will be ruined unless they are removed.Having resurected many old engines that were seized with rust,I think yours is only a minor dose of corrosion,not a fatal one --yet!--I'd store a motor like your thats got no pan or intake in a barrel or tank with enough kerosene or diesel fuel,or even drain oil to submerge it,while your waiting to finish building it,that will keep it perfect until you get more time or cash to finish it.Wheel bearing grease works too,but water will penatrate it after awhile--I've had cranks stashed away with tons of grease on the journals,but still rusted under the grease!.You could spray it with cosmoline too,if you can locate some somewhere--that is pretty effective for short term storage also. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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