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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 04:36 PM
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Unhappy Help!!! Seized Motor After Swap!

I did a motor swap, and in washing the motor, it seized, when i try to start it, the starter clicks and tries to turn the motor but it wont.

I tried putting in ATF and let it sit but nothing , still wont start.

also tried pushstarting it, but the wheels just locked up, and nothing happend.

any suggestions ?

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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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does it turn over by hand? what do you mean 'washing the motor'?
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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i would try turning it over by hand..... and i agree with 87 t-66 ....washing your motor??..... my best guess is that he was cleaning the outside of the motor and some water got inside the housings .....
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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Try some marvel mystery oil in there.
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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cleaning the outside... while the intake manifold was off... i had shop towels shoved in to keep water out... but i dont know..

the motor currently does not turn by hand

I called a friend to bring his to truck cause a friend suggested to try and let the clutch out while the car is being pulled going 50 to see if that works, but hes like: um. its just gonna take a lot of life away from the engine.

so instead, I went and bought kersoene (stove oil) and i'm gonna dump the oil thats in the car, and then put the kerosene in, let it sit for a couple of days, and then take the starter out and try to turn the engine using the flat head on the end of the wheel bolt remover whats it called? :p

what do u think?
or should i use the marvel mystery oil instead?
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 09:04 PM
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I went out and bought some mystery oil.
I'm thinking I should dump my engine oil, fill up the kerosene, and put the marvel mystery oil in through the sparkplug holes... and let it sit for a day or so...


any suggestions?
yes? no?
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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well i have never heard of putting kerosene in before... too me it sounds like a bad idea but i guess i could be wrong..... id do some more searching before you do that
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 11:12 PM
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sure nothing fell into the LIM? I had mine sieze due to oil starvation. So you basically hydrolocked you engine... good luck bro. Might end up being a rebuild rather then a swap.
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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 12:06 AM
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are you sure this motor wasn't seized up when you put it in?
I can't imagine you hydrolocked a rotary.
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Old Mar 15, 2007 | 04:36 AM
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Try rotating the engine backward by hand. Use a 19mm on the eshaft bolt.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:42 AM
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the engine will rotate backwards even with hand now. but not forward unless i force it with something.
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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so we can deduce that it is something that happens why the engine rotates in the clockwise direction and not the opposite....what happens in this case? hrmm i cant think of anything
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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 11:15 AM
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Did you drop anything in the engine?
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