Should I pull apart or leave my old engines?
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Should I pull apart or leave my old engines?
I have a damaged but unopened engine in my garage and soon I will remove my current engine (water seal damage) so I will have 2 spare engines.
What would you suggest; should I pull these engines apart and clean all parts and store them like that or not make a mess and touch the engines until I need them? I don't want to end up with a jigsaw puzzle in my garage.
But asking this because I am not sure if useable parts would get rusty (or how fast) and becoming useless. Having said that it may already be too late as one of the engines have already been sitting in my garage for a year and the one with water seal damage has been in the car and sitting in my garage for at least 3-4 months.
What would you suggest; should I pull these engines apart and clean all parts and store them like that or not make a mess and touch the engines until I need them? I don't want to end up with a jigsaw puzzle in my garage.
But asking this because I am not sure if useable parts would get rusty (or how fast) and becoming useless. Having said that it may already be too late as one of the engines have already been sitting in my garage for a year and the one with water seal damage has been in the car and sitting in my garage for at least 3-4 months.
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Pull them apart, Label everything, and make sure you clean and thoroghly clean everything. That way when the time comes... everything is ready to go. You may even be able to put together a spare motor and have it built in the spare time. That way if anything happens you'll have a ready to go donor
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what engine do you plan to put in the car?
honestly, if you have a third engine I would part out and sell these two
but you being in istanbul, not sure what the used parts market is like there
unless you plan to learn to rebuild engines yourself - its not really worth learning if you only plan to do it once
honestly, if you have a third engine I would part out and sell these two
but you being in istanbul, not sure what the used parts market is like there
unless you plan to learn to rebuild engines yourself - its not really worth learning if you only plan to do it once
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Pull them apart, Label everything, and make sure you clean and thoroghly clean everything. That way when the time comes... everything is ready to go. You may even be able to put together a spare motor and have it built in the spare time. That way if anything happens you'll have a ready to go donor
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what engine do you plan to put in the car?
honestly, if you have a third engine I would part out and sell these two
but you being in istanbul, not sure what the used parts market is like there
unless you plan to learn to rebuild engines yourself - its not really worth learning if you only plan to do it once
honestly, if you have a third engine I would part out and sell these two
but you being in istanbul, not sure what the used parts market is like there
unless you plan to learn to rebuild engines yourself - its not really worth learning if you only plan to do it once
My main concern is parts getting rusty because I'm pretty sure at least one of the engines have good condition housings and rotors.
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Just get some big plastic containers that seal good (finally a use for the wifes tupperware) coat them in oil like mentioned, wrap them in some nice oily rags, and store the parts away.
I'd recommend keeping the spare parts. With an rx7 you will need them.
I'd recommend keeping the spare parts. With an rx7 you will need them.
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Also if the OP has never done a rebuild it's a great time to become very familiar with the engine. that's how I learned, bought a couple used engines and had at it. It's a lot less stressful when you're not learning on a working car
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If you have the time take it apart. Usually coolant is noncorrosive, so just wipe the parts down and put some oil or grease on any exposed metal and try to keep away from humidity. Eccentric shafts are cheap (i put a brand new rx8 shaft in my FD for <$200). The rotors placement can be swapped during a rebuild, so you don't need to know which goes in the front housing and which one goes in the rear housing. The rotors, front counter weight, and rear counter weight/or flywheel need to be kept together as they are balanced to each other. If I was you I would build it up, slow and right, reading the factory service manual engine section several times. Then drive your car for decades!
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