How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
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How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
GSR Head & Block fresh from machine shop, with forged pistons & rods going turbo. Probably won't be able to throw it back together and get it running before winter, but I have plenty of time over winter to finish my project. How long could the engine stay assembled before firing & stay properly lubricated so that nothing would rust or gunk up?
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
Sweet. I will take proper precautions in keeping it lubricated and making sure it turns over every once in awhile while I finish putting my project together
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
I saw a motor wrapped and sat for 20 years. We pulled the heads and went crap this is a fresh rebuild. Squirted some oil and manually spun the crank. It was good to go
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
Yep. You'll be completely fine as long as you keep the engine wrapped up and somewhere out of the rain. If you're spinning it over by hand make sure you have oil in it, I'd actually just wait until you're ready to do the install, and put the oil in and turn it over a couple times by hand before building oil pressure via the starter.
Doesn't really matter though. I've had engines sitting around for way longer than that, in worse storage, with no problems after the oil is primed.
Doesn't really matter though. I've had engines sitting around for way longer than that, in worse storage, with no problems after the oil is primed.
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
Yep. You'll be completely fine as long as you keep the engine wrapped up and somewhere out of the rain. If you're spinning it over by hand make sure you have oil in it, I'd actually just wait until you're ready to do the install, and put the oil in and turn it over a couple times by hand before building oil pressure via the starter.
Doesn't really matter though. I've had engines sitting around for way longer than that, in worse storage, with no problems after the oil is primed.
Doesn't really matter though. I've had engines sitting around for way longer than that, in worse storage, with no problems after the oil is primed.
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
I would say keep it lubed up with assembly oil and leave it be, no need to continually turn it over and move that assembly oil around
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
I don't have an entirely straight answer; my best idea would just be to leave the engine alone until it was ready for installation.
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
Just make sure it's wrapped in a large bag to keep elements out. Those "lawn" trash bags should do the trick. They make them in clear instead of black.
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Re: How long may a freshly rebuilt engine sit without running?
Sounds like, the lube is fine for ages, just don't repeatedly rotate the engine after engine has been assembled and tested (rotated by hand to verify operation).
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