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RE: winterizing

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Subject: RE: winterizing
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 06:48:02 -0800
> I've found rust in the cylinders of several engines that had not sat
> very long. On the other hand, Ive taken apart some engines that sat
> for some time but had clean cylinder walls. Just to make sure, I now
> squirt some fogging oil, available in auto parts stores in aerosol
> cans, in both the spark plug holes and the intake ports (open
> throttle, hold up piston).

A good idea, IMO.  Friend of mine's freshly rebuilt MGA motor locked up due to
rust in just a couple of months storage.  And a TR3A I bought many years ago had
clearly rusted between the rings & cylinder wall in #3.  It ran, but not well.

Randall


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