Can You Spray Wd40 in the Cylinders of a Motor Thats Ben Sitting for Years
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Car Has Been Sitting, WD-40 On Cylinder Walls?
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- 2,533
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- Jul 12, 2006
- Vancouver, Washington
2 months ago an injury forced me to stop working on a project that I was just finishing up. I had only cleaned the cylinder walls to absolutely squeaky clean and replaced the head, manifolds, etc. when I was forced to abandon the projection until at present.
Before putting on the timing belt and turning the crank practise y'all guys remember it'south a good idea to effort to become some WD-twoscore on the cylinder walls? I think I might be able to get creative with some pocket-size vacuum hose on the nozzle.
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- Jul i, 2009
- Pensacola, Florida
if you oil the cylinder walls well before the build and the engine has been covered up.. you should be fine as is
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- ii,533
- 36
- Jul 12, 2006
- Vancouver, Washington
Unfortunately, there is absolutely no oil on the cylinder walls. I did the opposite and used restriction cleaner until the paper towel was coming up with no dirt. The auto has been in the garage the entire time with newspaper towels stuffed downward into the plug wells. It has also been i of the wettest summers on tape.
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- Nov eighteen, 2007
- chicago, Illinois
i would like to know this aswell. as im in the aforementioned boat, but my 92 laser has been sitting 2years and i wanna know what i can practice as far as not damaging the rings, and cleaning up the cylinders. dont desire to have low compression because of stuck rings etc..
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- Apr 22, 2005
- Orlando, Florida
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- Oct xv, 2006
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
I would slowly try and crank it to encounter if you take any build upwards. When nosotros tore Eric'due south engine downward and tried to crank information technology past hand months subsequently, information technology wouldn't go very far because of small build up. We finally just pushed through it, hoping to not damage anything. Thankfully we didn't. The cylinder walls were then coated with WD-forty and the engine was turned over past hand a few times every so often to make certain it was even so piece of cake to crank and lubed up. I'd say it couldn't hurt annihilation for you to do information technology.
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- Nov 21, 2005
- Hanover, Maryland
If at that place is rust on the cylinder walls it will only accept a few revolutions to damage the rings. The rust volition create gouges in the confront of the rings which volition create many minor leaks. I would pull the head and then clean all of the rust off the cylinder walls. Then push the pistons out, clean everything up really well and put it back together. The amount of rust is going to depend on how humid or moist your garage was. If there is pitting you'll want to hone the cylinders over again.
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- Feb 13, 2006
- Leetsdale, Pennsylvania
Jacksons' right, thats information technology the proper mode to do it. Especially if you lot take high hopes for the motor. Notwithstanding Depending on your goals, you might be able to get past with out all that work. no dubiety your rings will get scratched. I had a 90 n/t that was seized from rust on walls. filled up the cylinders up with diesel, let it drain through couple times, and then when it was all drained downwards,4 days later on, I could turn information technology over by hand. Ran fine after, though I'one thousand certain it lowered the compression a bit. *and don't forget to change the oil a couple time to rid all that diesel and rust dust.
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- 2,533
- 36
- Jul 12, 2006
- Vancouver, Washington
I decided to attempt turning information technology just to get a feel for what might exist going on (did not spray WD-twoscore). I was surprised when it immediately started to turn with virtually no resistance. In fact, I don't recall it ever feeling this smooth and easy to spin. All the same, the t-chugalug is not on and the plugs are out.
Thanks for the responses guys.
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- Oct 13, 2009
- La Porte, Indiana
I had a 7 bolt motor that sat for 3 years...buddy needed a engine quick so nosotros pulled his out, dropped that lesser end in (without disassembly/reassembly), primed the oil pump via a power drill, cranked it over for 10 seconds, rest for 30, 10 seconds, residue for xxx, it fired right upwardly...compression a week after was 170 across the board. Lucky? Probably.
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- Elkin, North_Carolina
Had my ii.4 sitting for 9 months without the caput on it in a trash pocketbook on the stand up with clp in cylinders. turned it over once a week or and so and re lubed. It was still perfect when the head went on. simply keep an eye on the block surface, if y'all had it cutting.
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