Probably not the best way to do it, but I just put a heavy garbage bag
around my old 3.9, used a shop vac to get the air out and then zip
tied the hell out of it to seal it.
...it sounded like an acceptable practice at the time! :)
Gary
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Josh Battles <cletusjones@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Azie L. Magnusson <maggie11@mchsi.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Mike G writes:: >> Since we're on the subject of motors,
>> I recently had a chance to sell a Mopar 400 I'm not using.
>> The guy backed off on the deal because I had pulled the
>> plugs out and filled the cylinders with oil, and filled the
>> crank case with oil thru the valve covers. I've always done
>> this if the motor's going to sit for a spell. I also stuff oily
>> rags into the exhaust manifolds to keep rodents, dust and
>> air out. The guy thought it would hurt the motor and make
>> it smoke. It's a good engine with only 78,000 miles on it.
>> After you drain all the oil, it will smoke at first until the
>> remaining oil residue is burned off. Anyone ever store a
>> motor like this? <<
>>
>> Never stored 1 this way, but It isn't a bad idea. Certainly
>> wouldn't keep me from purchasing 1 that had been stored
>> this way. Flush the water passages out with some hot
>> soapy water & let her go.
>>
>
> Seems reasonable to me. You're keeping all the metal in contact with oil
> so it won't corrode, and it's lubricated with oil anyways... We stored
> outboard motors with just the regular amount of (fresh) oil in the
> crankcase and all the sections, and fogging oil in the cylinders. All
> started right up and ran smoothly after years in storage. From what I've
> read, assembly lube alone is enough as long the motor hasn't ever been run.
>
> - Josh
>
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