Ok So i have my head off my car . for the past few weeks ive been hitting my bare engine with wd40 to keep it lubed and no corosion. Today I notice that 3 of the cylinders have wd left in them but the first cylinder was bare no fluid on top of the piston. Im thinkin maybe the rings are shot or maybe the wd is just to thin? inputs please... or could it be that due to the motor not running the rings arent expanding?


Car has 44k on it never boosted before

 

do a compression test it should show up!!!

 

No head on the car

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GDM Ap1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok So i have my head off my car . for the past few weeks ive been hitting my bare engine with wd40 to keep it lubed and no corosion. Today I notice that 3 of the cylinders have wd left in them but the first cylinder was bare no fluid on top of the piston. Im thinkin maybe the rings are shot or maybe the wd is just to thin? inputs please... or could it be that due to the motor not running the rings arent expanding?


Car has 44k on it never boosted before</TD></TR></TABLE>

Don't worry. WD is pretty light and usually dries up. It's probably a fluke that one cylinder dries up. I wouldn't spray it down each time with WD since you have your head off. Use synthetic engine oil, it'll coat the cylinder walls better and do it only once. Keep the block covered to prevent dust and other stuff from getting in there. Change your oil before you start it up once the engine is back together. It doesn't hurt to crank the engine over a few times to get oil pumping before you fire it up.

 

Just got into work this morn and oil level in my piston is where it was before the weekend so im happy thanx vapor

 

yeah all you should need is a thin coat of motor oil to keep things good, at least everything is built up of some form of aluminum and wont rust.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GDM Ap1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just got into work this morn and oil level in my piston is where it was before the weekend so im happy thanx vapor</TD></TR></TABLE> It's always best to be on the side of caution and concern.