how long can an engine sit before it goes kaput
 

i just paid off my next engine and have a question....

its been sitting for atleast 3 weeks now already....(still in the previous owners car)
it will be atleast a month im sure before i have it in and running....

my question is how often do i have to turn this motor to keep the seals lubed up good?
im aware of how to turn it manually...so thats no problem....
i just need to know how often....

any response would be great
thanks
=-dustin

Hmm. Not sure about a new motor, but the used motor I got sat for like 6 months and it runs great! I also left it sitting for a few months recently and it fired up after cranking for 3 seconds. Didn't even have to charge the battery! (I left it disconnected while it sat.)

its not a new engine....its got like 40k on it......
its been sitting for like 3 -4 weeks.....
it will continue to sit, while i get out my engine and prep the bay....etc, etc

I just put in a J-SPEC engine into a friends GSL-SE, which was sitting for at least 4 years. The guy who had it put a little oil into the chambers, and rotated it a few times at least once a week. After we installed the engine, it had little problems firing up, and now idles and runs excellent.

I put and engine in mine that sat for over 5 years. I put Seafoam into the chambers and let it soak overnite before I tried to start it.

seafoam?

Drain the coolant, and it can probably sit for over a month.

The reason they go bad after sitting is the oil control rings go out. Well, someone in the FD forum mentioned that Anti-Freeze EATS rubber (for lack of a better word @ the moment). So, drain it, and don't worry about it; it should be fine for a month or 2.

my car had everything Drained for a year and runs fine just doesnt bost but i know why now . so after i get payed it`ll boost .

mine sat for over a year took awile to get it running well but it goes good now.

the only thing is i dont boost much my turbo is about ready to go i dont have the money to fix it so ill have to due for now.

thanks for the replies guys!!

Seafaom is used to clean and lubricate injectors, valves on piston cars etc... popularly used to fog engines before storage. I read where it would do less damage than ATF. I used it on my boat for years. I had twin 427's in a 31' Bertram Sportfish.

It'll be fine.. I dropped a S5 J-Spec motor into my S5 TurboII and it was sitting for a while (the guy got like 3 at once and mine was I think the last one to move, plus time in shipping, plus time in port, plus time before it left Japan..) I just lubed the sucker up with ATF to clean any random crap (2-cycle oil might be a better idea, I dunno..)

Should there really be any anti-freeze by the oil control rings. If so, I made a booboo when I put mine on my rotors.