I like beer Part 2
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Melting Slicks
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I like beer Part 2
I really do like beer. Ok, now for some technical stuff. My engine has been sitting for about 1.5 years in my garage. I have had the water pump off for about the same time and no antifreeze-just water in the block without being sealed. It's a crate engine with less than 10,000 miles. Anyway, I am rebuilding the suspension and bearings and differential right now. After that, I will flush the block and get it running again. Do you guys think I am in for some trouble? The car is in the garage and has been for the past 1.5 years. Hopefully, I can flush it a couple of times and be ok.Thanks in advance.....Rock on!!
Drifting
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Re: I like beer Part 2 (79VetteMike)
Beer is my friend....
If you kept your parts in the garage, and you don't have a washer/dryer in there, the stuff is probably OK. You should flush out the parts that had plain water in them, that's the wrong way to store stuff. The other parts which were lubricated or exposed to just air (not water and air) should be OK. The other interesting thing is that water and AIR need to be present for rust to form on iron parts, except for galvanic corrosion which should not be an issue unless you have aluminum bits bolted to your engine. So the stuff that was completely submerged should be OK, unless you have AL heads or water pump or even some stainless steel bolts, although iron and stainless are pretty close in terms of galvanic nobility.
I went to see an original '78 Pace Car last year...was kept in a garage with 70 miles its entire life...except is was right behind the washer and dryer, so the humidty was ridiculously high (in Houston, to boot) and the damn thing had surface rust on every cast iron or steel part.
Jeff
If you kept your parts in the garage, and you don't have a washer/dryer in there, the stuff is probably OK. You should flush out the parts that had plain water in them, that's the wrong way to store stuff. The other parts which were lubricated or exposed to just air (not water and air) should be OK. The other interesting thing is that water and AIR need to be present for rust to form on iron parts, except for galvanic corrosion which should not be an issue unless you have aluminum bits bolted to your engine. So the stuff that was completely submerged should be OK, unless you have AL heads or water pump or even some stainless steel bolts, although iron and stainless are pretty close in terms of galvanic nobility.
I went to see an original '78 Pace Car last year...was kept in a garage with 70 miles its entire life...except is was right behind the washer and dryer, so the humidty was ridiculously high (in Houston, to boot) and the damn thing had surface rust on every cast iron or steel part.
Jeff
