How to store an engine?

[traindriver]

Can anyone suggest the best method / proceedures for putting an engine into storage?

Looking into my crystal ball I see my VK with a nice and perky 202 rebuilt from a spare engine sourced from a wrecker.
When it is installed I want to put the current engine in the car into storage.

Any tips would be great

Thanks

AndrewOfNZ

[craigvk]

Yeah, basically sit it on a car tyre or use an engine stand. If the carby has been taken off, put a rag in the hole. If the spark plugs are taken out, plug the holes with rags. I have a mate that has had a 351 sitting on the floor of his workshop for years and it would still run fine if put in a new car.
Oh yeah, rats can't chew through metal so you're safe there.

[253@7k]

Best thing to do is cover with a big plastic bag and spray some rust penitrant in there then seal it. The other thing as slim said is to plug and holes with rags.

Hope this helps,
Steve.

[Cane_It]

open up the butterfies and tip some oil into the manifold, fire up the motor until it smokes, you'll have to spray CRC rust stopper into eachh sparkplug hole every couple of months, make sure everything is sealed and out of the weather. the bores might rust up very slightly but this will go after a good run, used to have a car sit for 3 weeks at a time while i was interstate and used that trick without any hassles.

[craigvk]

open up the butterfies and tip some oil into the manifold

That reminds me of a while back when a guy at the auto shop suggested putting some oil down the carby to try and find an exhaust leak. Man did it blow smoke. I was blowing it for a mile!

[253@7k]

That reminds me of a while back when a guy at the auto shop suggested putting some oil down the carby to try and find an exhaust leak. Man did it blow smoke. I was blowing it for a mile!

Would have worked though. Not a bad idea.

[craigvk]

Would have worked though. Not a bad idea.

What I did instead of waiting until the oil hit the combustion chamber, I drove off after giving up after a minute and then I noticed that!
Mind you, it was an old Sigma, so it doesn't matter.

[9C1pack]

A mechanic friend told me that when you are going to store a small engine such as a fire pump or generator (that gets used infrequently) he removes the aircleaner and runs the engine at part throttle while pumping an oil can into the carby, until it starts to blow heaps of smoke, then turns the motor off. At the start of every fire season he get people bringing in motors that won't go, it is usually because one of the valves has stuck open, by doing the above procedure the valve surfaces and top rings and bores get coated and protected. I used it on a 3.3 I stored for a couple of years and it worked.
A good idea when starting an engine that has not been used for a long time, is to remove the spark plugs, ground the coil and then wind the engine over for a fair while after the oil light goes out, ensuring that the crank and cam get some oil on them with no load.

[V3N0M]

is it possible for a motor to sease when its just sitting in the car unused for a long period of time? say aprox a year??????

[craigvk]

is it possible for a motor to sease when its just sitting in the car unused for a long period of time? say aprox a year??????

Nah man. It probably gets a bit stiff but it would be alright.

[V3N0M]

awsome thanks heaps and heaps!! was startin so sheet myself hehe

[ucwepn]

is it possible for a motor to sease when its just sitting in the car unused for a long period of time? say aprox a year??????

Prolly just need a change of fluids and a good run, spray wd40 on the carby linkages too so they don't stick and move nice and easy.