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Sitting motor? What to do to prevent rust..etc

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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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swapped my old dseries out and its been sitting for couple weeks now. what can i do to make sure it doesn't rust or anything? there's no fluids in it.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 06:31 PM
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I poured a little oil into the cylinders of my old motor and turned it over a couple of times by hand. It sat outside, completely exposed to the elements for well over a year (no exhaust manifold, nothing), and ran like a champ afterwards. There was some funky stuff growing on the valves and the exhaust ports though.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by t0p_sh0tta &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I poured a little oil into the cylinders of my old motor and turned it over a couple of times by hand. It sat outside, completely exposed to the elements for well over a year (no exhaust manifold, nothing), and ran like a champ afterwards. There was some funky stuff growing on the valves and the exhaust ports though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

lol
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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Yea if its a motor you dont really care about what was said will be fine. If its an important motor you want to use later then i suggest putting a thimble full of oil down the spark plug holes and wrap it out.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Luserkid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yea if its a motor you dont really care about what was said will be fine. If its an important motor you want to use later then i suggest putting a thimble full of oil down the spark plug holes and wrap it out. </TD></TR></TABLE>

well im probably going to sell it.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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how much could i get sell it for? its complete, only missing tps sensor and the throttle body pulley thing (part that the throttle cable goes on)&lt;==probably going to find one before i sell, and 2nd gear grinds/pops out at low speeds. out of a 00 dx has ~90k on it.
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Old Apr 1, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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$2-300.
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