Motor sitting outside.

[LarryJoe]

I had a perfectly healthy 6 bolt in my galant before I totaled the car. I wrecked it in October and parked the car in my driveway since. It's just been sitting there as I don't really have any room to move it. I'm wanting to swap my 6 bolt into my 2g and wondering if anything can be seriously wrong with it from sitting for 6 months in my driveway. Of course I'd change all the fluids and everything but how much can happen to it from sitting for this period of time?

 

[Alex7747]

Ive seen cars that sit for years and run normally with all the fluids changed. Change all the fluids and it should run.

 

[finesse49ers]

Hold on...you mean the engine literally sitting outside exposed to all the weather elements?

For the last 5 months?

 

[Alex7747]

^^i think he means the 6 bolt is still in the galant?

 

[T is for TURBO]

It should be fine. My engine sat for almost a year with out being run. All I did was change the oil, put fresh gas in it, then I pulled the CAS plug and turned it over 3-5 times @ ten second intervals to prime the oil system. Then I plugged the CAS connector back in and fired it up.

As long as you never opened up the engine, the oil in the car should have protected the bearing surfaces and cylinder walls from any corrosion.

 

[LarryJoe]

Yeah it sat outside but was still in the galant. Hood closed. Well as closed as it would go after being wrecked . Nothing was open except the exhaust manifold was taken off maybe a month ago. So think I'm good to go? Timing belt and everything was fairly new at the time so should I also be alright with that?

 

[finesse49ers]

Whew, OK if it's been sitting under the hood then you're good to go.

 

[T is for TURBO]

Yeah it sat outside but was still in the galant. Hood closed. Well as closed as it would go after being wrecked . Nothing was open except the exhaust manifold was taken off maybe a month ago. So think I'm good to go? Timing belt and everything was fairly new at the time so should I also be alright with that?

You should be fine... I would check the belts and everything before hand, just to make sure nothing got damaged in the wreck. Just give it a real good inspection. Pull the oil cap and look at the cam surface, if that looks okay I'd say you're good to go. If your concerned, you the the engine over by hand to make sure it's not locked up or anything.

Defiantly prime the engine before starting.