Ok, it is just on one rod but still very concerning. Here is the story: I bought these about a month ago and opened the bag to this one rod a couple of days after I had them. I opened the bag tonight to check on something and saw all of this spreading!!! The only cause that I can think of is that the oils on my hands + the air trapped inside the bag after I opened it may have caused this spreading oxidation. Here are some pics:


Is this rod ruined? Can a machine shop take care of this crap? What would be a good way to keep it from spreading more before I can drop them off to a machine shop(if there is hope for this rod) for the build up of the bottom end? I hosed it down with WD40 for the time being. AHHHHH!!!!


Modified by maxim at 10:55 AM 8/25/2003

 

lube it with oil after the wd40

 

damn good question bro. I've seen that happen to my my F22 cams while it was still in the head... But my head was just out in the open getting all dusty in the garage....so i could see why mine did that. BUt yours were simply in the bag.... WTF is going on?

 

well, like I said..I opened the bag after a few days after buying them to give one a look. I put it back in the bag thinking everything would be ok. I opened it this evening to look(one month later) at them again and I find all this oxidation spreading. Fearing the worst, I also drenched my GE sleeves in my block with WD 40, put the block in garbage bag and put it back in the box.

I have tried to remove the rust with a cloth and WD 40, VCR head cleaner and nothing seems to take it off. Otherwise, does anybody else know how to take this off? Would coating this rod with vasoline or lithium grease help? If so, I will do that tomorrow.

 

Dude. Chill.

Coat the rod in WD-40. Put it back in the bag til it's time to be used and forget about it. That much surface rust will do NOTHING to a rod, it'll just go away when you install them in the engine.

 

yeah i opened one bag and same it was a bit of rust bah take small wire brush and wd40 and there set

 

Just leave well enough alone. Its fine. Let your engine builder deal with it when he start your motor. DO NOT take a wire brush and scrub anything, especailly inside the crank journal.

 

Surface rust on the outside of the rod is not that big of a deal...
But that rust on the machined end of the rod would frighten me. As an engine builder I would soak it in wd40 and LIGHTLY sand it with an extremely fine sand paper (600-800 grit). If it would not come off, I would not use the rod (or at least have the big end rebuilt by a machine shop. This was caused by moisture trapped inside the bag for a long period. This looks like a rod made in Asia and spent some time on the ocean. Most asian rods are come coated in cosmoline so they won't rust. Maybe this one was made on Friday afternoon.

 

I think the oils left behind by touching them when you first opened them is the culpret. Try some WD-40 and some fine grit steel wool. I would not worry too much about the external surface rust but the runst in the large end would affect rod bearing crush and cause problems.


Modified by SLPR at 4:39 AM 8/25/2003

 

Try WD-40 and a light scotch brite/scour pad, but be gentle.. Then keep it sealed with oil on it in a bag