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Dry storing an engine block
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:45 am
by MarinaCoupe
I have just had an BMC/BL A Plus engine block rebored and now due to change of plans I want to store it for a future project maybe a year or two ahead. I'll be keeping it in a dry garage, but I want to protect the newly bored and honed cylinder bores and the crankshaft and camshaft bearings.
Can anyone recommend a product or products that I can use to protect the working surfaces?
Thanks in advance.
Re: Dry storing an engine block
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 1:10 pm
by TerryG
The bearings should be fine, just keep them in their wax paper. I have a couple of Rover v8s stored with the heads off. I used spray grease on the bores, wiped it around and they still look good. They are in a dry-ish garage. One has been there for a bit over 2 years and hasn't rusted yet.
Re: Dry storing an engine block
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:41 pm
by MarinaCoupe
Thanks Terry
Do you mean like white silicon spray grease? Got lots of that.
Chris
Re: Dry storing an engine block
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:28 pm
by TerryG
That's the stuff
just squirt a bit on and rub it over the exposed metal. No air / water can get to it that way so no corrosion.
I suppose you could use normal grease instead but it is a bit harder to spread out.
Re: Dry storing an engine block
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:59 pm
by Phil P
Waxoyle is good stuff spray it all over the block and bores oilways etc. Wrap it up in a polythene sheet with a packet of desicated crystals from B&Q etc.Do the same with the crank. It'll last forever. I've got a spare block etc for my 1942 Dodge and it is as good as it was when I preserved it 5 years ago.
Phil