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1. Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: ps4330@okc01.rb.jccbi.gov (Peter Schauss x 2014); Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 12:51:21 -0400; A friend of mine was just given a 1986 Alpha Romeo with a seized engine. He knows nothing at all about the condition of the engine. My first reaction was to suggest that he pull the spark plugs and s; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00017.html (7,920 bytes)
2. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Mike Lee - Team Banana Racing <mikel@ichips.intel.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 10:32:25 -0700; A friend of mine filled the crankcase and cylinders of a seized engine with a mixture Marvel's Mystery Oil and diesel. It unstuck itself after sitting for quite a length of time. I'd recommend that; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00018.html (8,104 bytes)
3. RE: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Mark Miller <markm@tutsys.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 10:48:41 -0700; This sounds like a good starting point. I'd use Kroil; it is a penetrating oil good for unsticking frozen screws and such and does a great job. It isn't cheap, but neither is a rebuild. I bought it f; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00019.html (8,514 bytes)
4. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Stan Fickes <fickes@apple.com>; Date: Mon, 7 Oct 96 11:14:21 -0700; When I bought my MGTD, the engine was also seized. I spent 2 weeks spraying penetrating oil through the spark plug holes, then rocking the car fore and aft in high gear to attempt to loosen it up. A; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00021.html (9,232 bytes)
5. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: R John Lye <rjl6n@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu>; Date: Mon, 7 Oct 96 15:42:12 EDT; Hmmm, the engine in my TR-3 was seized when I bought it. Is there a pattern here? I poured several tablespoonfuls of a mixture of penetrating oil and motor oil down each spark plug hole and rocked as; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00022.html (8,754 bytes)
6. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Nickbk@aol.com; Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:06:15 -0400; << Any other suggestions as to how he should procede before he resorts to a complete rebuild? Peter Light oil of any type down the cylinders is gonna help. However, that motor is prone to breaking ti; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00023.html (7,895 bytes)
7. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@isocan.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 14:19:44 -0400; Was it seized from rust or seized while in daily use? I don't know if I would recommend the above, for the reason that the violent breaking loose could also release shards of piston, rings, or cylind; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00024.html (8,645 bytes)
8. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Michael Challis <mchallis@sprynet.com>; Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 09:02:44 -0500; I suggest you get on the Alfa list and ask the experts. alfa-digest-request@mailgate.wizvax.net The Alfa Engine is extremely robust. It is an aluminum block and head, dual overhead cam design. The cr; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00026.html (8,418 bytes)
9. Re: Where to start with a seized engine (score: 1): Author: Phil Ethier <ethier@freenet.msp.mn.us>; Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 15:24:09 -0500 (CDT); Is this a new list? New address for old list? Here is what I have in my records:; /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00027.html (7,624 bytes)

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