Smith-02

ill ship you two bags of dessicant and a big hunk of VCI paper if you want it cant find the vci

spoolinb18

fyi.. i just put a bottom end that sat in someones garage for about 1 year wrapped lightly in plastic, and i took it apart, checked all the bearings and scuffed the cylinders with wetsand 1500 grit paper to get the buildup off the cylinders .. and when i put the engine in the car.. even tho i checked the rings on the pistons, they had some rust on them i didnt see and it rubbed the top of the cylinders enough to give me low compression in cylinder 2.
i am pissed about it so it will be fine sitting just make sure if its a long time its gonna sit to CHECK EVERYTHING TWICE!!! now i just dropped the block off at the machine shop and its gonna b another $120 and 4 days til i get it back in the car

i hate doing ---- twice but it should be okay if you check everything before just assuming its okay and put it in

ghettoturbo

probably to scrape off any rust buildup on the cylinder walls before it gets bad

Tom-Guy

WD40 is kerosene, and not a lubricating oil. As such it washes away any lubricants and then evaporates. Dump some light oil in, like Marvel Mystery.

jinxy

You can buy a fogging oil to keep engines fresh while they're being stored. You're usually supposed to load them up when they're running, though.



http://www.amsoil.com/StoreFront/fog.aspx

Smith-02

pennzoil makes a marine fogging oil, it's pretty cheap if you can't find the above ^^^^^

onlyflash944

id' let it sit for however long you want, then pull the plug wires, the fuel pump fuse and crank for a while. reinstall and your good. as long as you put some sort of lubrication when you built it, you will be fine

TurboGuy

I think the engine is on the ground.

Random Hero

No ----. But thats how its been done for years and the engines at our shop show zero rust and problems. Hell we just ran a 410 that sat for almost 3 years, checked it with the bore scope before we fired it off and it was all good.