I just pulled the car out of storage and tried to start her up, did all the little tricks for storing, etc. Well she would try to start but not crank all the way on her own. I pull out the spark plugs and there is water on them. I dried them, put more atf in and cranked again same thing, it wanted to but the plugs got fouled... now everytime I pull the plugs out there is water on them. Is it possible that it got cold enough for the water/anti-freeze (which im not sure there was much anti-freeze in there, (long story) could have frozen and seperated the plates and caused the coolant to leak into the chambers?

 

I just rebuilt my engine for that very reason. Possible that a coolant seal has failed. I had slight steam/smoke at startup, which led to hard starts and eventually complete seal failure left me with a water pump.

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I had rebuilt the engine last year and it was running fine then it stopped wanting to start and the ECU went bad, so im not sure what the deal with it is now.

 

What "all the little tricks for storing" might you be talking about?

From reading your post, you stated you "put more atf in". Does this mean that you stored your engine with ATF in it?! If so, how long has it been stored like this?

ATF isnt supposed to be left in the engine for very long at all, especially not over winter!

 

There was no ATF in the engine when It was stored, I took the gas out of the car plugged up the intake and exhaust, covered the car, **** like that. ATF was put in when it wouldnt turn over it is getting air/spark/gas. More ATF would refer to me putting ATF in cranking engine, putting more ATF in cranking engine, more atf in cranking engine....

 

Quit with the ATF, quit cranking it. Go to the parts store and get a coolant pressure tester and check to see if it holds pressure!

 

I have to pop that plug in behind the flywheel again and ill get back to you guys.

 

Those coolant pressure testers are 120$ btw.

 

you can rent one for free from autozone, you just put a deposit down.