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Nov 24, 2011 13:22:58 GMT
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If no coolant then no worries as nothing to freeze and expand.
Dumping the water out of radiators over night used to be a common way of avoiding frost damage on lorries.
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col
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wut
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Nov 24, 2011 13:26:12 GMT
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aslong as all the inlet, exhaust, and coolant holes where bunged up, then there shouldnt be to much wrong with it. give her a good coolant and oil flush first though.
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Onne
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Nov 24, 2011 13:26:56 GMT
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See if you can turn it over by hand... should be ok
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1990 Mercedes W126 300SE
1997 Mercedes W140 S320L
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Nov 24, 2011 15:08:33 GMT
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The Pinto that Mike Ds just put in his Capri has been sat outside on my patio under a tattered bin bag for over a year and it's fine. If it's been covered then it'll probably be okay.
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1962 Datsun Bluebird Estate - 1971 Datsun 510 SSS - 1976 Datsun 710 SSS - 1981 Dodge van - 1985 Nissan Cherry Europe GTi - 1988 Nissan Prairie - 1990 Hyundai Pony Pickup - 1992 Mazda MX5
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Nov 26, 2011 14:49:22 GMT
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I swapped the engine from the thames van to the consul. The van had sat in the field for the best part of 6 years with the coolant and oil in it. I just changed the oil over , swapped the carbs and it sparked into life.
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bortaf
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All engine are diffferant but i started a Xflow after it was standing for 22 years with just fresh petrol and a battery and loads of pintos that have sat for a decade or so, only thing is after a good few years the stem seals crack appart other wise they have to be getting wet a lot to be knackerd usually.
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mikeymk
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Nov 30, 2011 22:03:02 GMT
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Sorry to throw in a post from the other side, but i bought a 44k mile 6yo Ibiza engine which had been fully covered and sitting on a pallet in a breakers for only a few months, i found rust spots in the bores which were too deep to hone out with stones, it needed an overbore.
I've bought loads of engines from breakers without a problem, so i don't know what happened with this one.
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ChasR
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Nov 30, 2011 22:41:21 GMT
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I would say you should be safe. The engine I bought for my old Mondeo was in a very damp container for around 2-3 months. It runs like a dream. We bought it with 70k on the clock (supposedly), it is now on 210k miles. That had no inlet manifold, bits of the filler cap down the manifold etc.
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