(Kinda) long term storage of rebuilt engine
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Gents,
I had an engine rebuilt a month or so ago. It's not going into the car until after Christmas. I have it in the garage, wrapped in plastic, with ports covered with painters tape. Should I do anything such as squirt some oil in the cylinders and rotate the crankshaft occasionally? If so, what should I use for oil?
Thanks,
I had an engine rebuilt a month or so ago. It's not going into the car until after Christmas. I have it in the garage, wrapped in plastic, with ports covered with painters tape. Should I do anything such as squirt some oil in the cylinders and rotate the crankshaft occasionally? If so, what should I use for oil?
Thanks,
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Gents,
I had an engine rebuilt a month or so ago. It's not going into the car until after Christmas. I have it in the garage, wrapped in plastic, with ports covered with painters tape. Should I do anything such as squirt some oil in the cylinders and rotate the crankshaft occasionally? If so, what should I use for oil?
Thanks,
I had an engine rebuilt a month or so ago. It's not going into the car until after Christmas. I have it in the garage, wrapped in plastic, with ports covered with painters tape. Should I do anything such as squirt some oil in the cylinders and rotate the crankshaft occasionally? If so, what should I use for oil?
Thanks,
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I always install the plugs a little loosely, squirt a little light oil, (before the plugs go in) like Marvel Mystery oil, and turn the crank once a week, or so, mostly to move the valve train. Compressed valve springs left in the same position become unhappy, so rolling the engine around avoids that. Unless it's sitting for years, I wouldn't worry too much about the coolant passages, they are not in harms way like machined steel parts.
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Intake and exhaust valves may possibly contact each other even though they don't contact the pistons. Non interference means if the cams stop rotating but the pistons continue to go up and down the pistons will not contact the valves.
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