[Shop-talk] dust in engine?

[J.C. Hassall]

At 02:11 PM 8/3/2008, old dirtbeard wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>So I screwed up -- I rebuilt my '74 TR6 engine from the ground up (crank
>grind, balanced, magnafluxed, new cam, valves, pistons, rockers, rocker shaft,
>oil pump, etc.) about two years ago.It was all done with assembly lube and
>coated with oil.

I'd be far more concerned about lube on the cam than some dust in the 
cylinders.  I'd bet the cam lube has mostly run off, so I'd recommend 
re-lubing it.  You can apply more lube with a small flux brush on a 
long stick.  Don't ask me how I know this.  (Isky recommended a 
re-lube after my engine had been sitting for a year - it that point 
it was already in the car :-(  ).

hth

jim


>Before I could reinstall it, we bought new house, moved, had to set-up the new
>garage, etc., and now am ready to drop it in. It has been sitting inside a
>clean garage in SoCal covered with a tarp, but I realized that I had not
>plugged the spark plug holes.
>
>So a long story short, fully rebuilt engine has been sitting for a couple
>years and clearly some dust, insects, debris could have made it into the spark
>plug holes. I have used the air hose nozzle to blow out the cylinders and I
>see my options as:
>   1.. Tear the head off again and inspect
>   2.. Buy a $300 borescope and look inside at which point I still may need to
>tear the head off
>   3.. Option 2 but try to borrow/rent a borescope
>   4.. Sequentially open a valve for each cylinder, blow it out with air and
>hope for the best
>   5.. Wash it out with agitene and option 4 above
>   6.. Your recommendation?
>I am not worried about a spider being in there as the combustion will take
>care of it, but there clearly could be dust stuck to the oil that the air
>nozzle would not dislodge. What do you think? Thank you.
>
>best,
>
>shook
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J.C. Hassall
Blacksburg VA
'63 TR4 in autox preparation
96% finished, 90% to go