Will...
An old friend who owned a wrecking yard answered that question for
me
years ago. When they would 'pickle' a engine and store it away their
method
was to start it up and pour Marvel Mystery Oil into the intake until
it choked
the engine and made it quit. Worked for me. I put in clean oil,
choked it with
MMO and stored it away in my dry garage for 6 years. I'm driving it
now.
GARY MARQUIS / FAT BASSET GARAGE
Chico California USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Zehring [SMTP:zehrinwa@UMDNJ.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 8:44 AM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: picklling an engine
>
> Dear all:
>
> With the much anticipated arrival of a 1600 X-flow engine for my wickedly
> charming 1967 4/4, and with the list's and other's advice to save the
> 'original' 1500 side flow mill, I am faced with discerning the best method
> to set the 1500 up for a long storage period, i.e., I think I want to
> pickle the thing, but how? Any thoughts? My thinking hasn't much gotten
> beyond running it with fresh oil for a short while before storage,
> removing
> the rocker arm (so as to relieve extra preassure on valve springs), and
> putting some heavy weight oil in the plug holes (maybe with some slow
> turning of the crank to coat the inner cylander walls and piston rings).
> Any other ideas? I've heard rumors of some other moisture sealant, sort
> of
> like waxoyl (sp?) that some use for REALLY long term storage. On the
> other
> hand, others (i.e. mechanics I've known) seem to just rip the dang thing
> out of the car and toss it in a corner and not give it another thought.
> Is
> life too complicated already, or should I pickle this thing?
>
> cheers,
> WZ
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