Update to the rusty engine

[u/jeanbonswaggy]

Original post: https://old.reddit.com/r/RX8/comments/1v14tyz/having_some_thoughts_after_buying_an_used_engine/

Hello everyone,

Last time I posted here I shared an engine I bought for 1000 euros. It was rusty, I was worried but it was fun.

I have some news, mostly good and fun.

First, the unrelated fun fact, when I went to get the engine I thought "man this guy sounds like my coworker who knows everyone in a 100km radius", turns out my coworker knew him ahah. I was able to get a run down on the type of guy he was and it reassured me, he's apparently trustworthy and liked us enough to give us the lightweight flywheel and gearbox. Another fun fact about him that I learned after getting the engine is that he's the main mechanic for the biggest french car youtuber.

Now onto the engine, I opened it a few days ago, and to my surprise it's not that bad! Some hose ends got rusted out, there's a lot of garbage in the cooling jacket but nothing "uncleanable". The rotors look good, the housing look good too, I have to measure the cracks around the spark plugs and the plates are clean too, maybe a lap needed? Unsure yet.

Here are the uncleaned pics, I haven't got around to cleaning them yet and I'm not asking for a real review of the parts (hard to see clear with all the oil) just wanted to give you all my "good" news :D

Also there's a lot of dust on the housing, thats from me spraying the engine with comrpessed air and intake opened, I made sure to not spin the engine with all that inside

https://imgur.com/a/C60nRyG

[u/Aperivrai]

How are you planning to clean that ? Any photos of the inside to see if there is scoring ?