Is an Engine That Has Sat Full of Water Worth Rebuilding?

[donmac]

Bought a '74 Bug for parts. The engine had no plugs or distributor and was full of water/oil. The engine can't be spun. Pulled the valve covers and the valve springs had some surface rust. My question is; is this engine even worth considering for a rebuild? What is likely to be ruined due to rust that might otherwise have been good; crank? cam? Thanks.

[hon]

Open it and see if there is anything worth saving.

[Gary]

I had an old early Type 2 engine pulled from a car that had about a cup of water that came out with the oil. A friend of mine took it home and opened it up (engine was seized). He went through it and built it up and now uses it as a spare. Give it a whirl and see what you find.
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[tumtum]

if you can get in there with a wire brush and take out all the rust it will be fine.
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[veedubcrazy]

Here is an engine that I am working on that has some water in it. I think its definitely worth saving as it is a AS21...

This is one pic of an intake. The other side is the same.

Best case, the heads, pistons and cylinders will need to be replace with new parts.
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The primary thing you want to look at is that sump area. Even if it's been severly coroded, it can be fixed as long as the rest of the case is good.

[Jason C]

Pour some marvels mystery oil in the plug holes and let it sit a day or two. Then try to turn it over. It would be easier to tear down if you can get it to trun over.
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[fredster]

I bet whatever you find in the crankcase it WILL NOT be as bad as what i found in a junker engine I bought for the tinware. prepare yourselves...

Believe it or not, crankshaft was fine after a good clean! Bearing journals all still shiny. Alternator was good too. This on an engine that had sat outside for seven years. Heads good and in a damn worse state cosmetically than those pictured above. I shit you not.

[dwayne prince]

[joe cool]

I've got a couple of engines from an outdoor lot and I am having a hell of a time getting them apart. I can get the heads off, but it seems that the rings and barrels are rusted together and I can't seem to get them apart or separated from the case. I haven't resorted to destructive measures yet. Any suggestions? The engines were free, I am just hoping for some core parts.

[num1bum]

I say yes, a motor that's had water in it is worth rebuilding. Or if your lucky like I was you wont even have to rebuild it, I took the motor out of my bug that had been sitting in a field for a few years, took the heads off and dumped all the rust of the cylnders, put it all back together not expecting much then to my suprise the damn thing ran. This same motor is now used as a back up for either my baja or my sandrail, and currently it is in the sandrail running like a champ.
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for 10,000 years, man has been hitting things with hammers to make them work....dont mess with a working formula

[fredster]

[veedubcrazy]

The same engine above revealed these lovely pix as well...

Inside should be interesting...
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1971 Squareback - "The Silver Surfer"

[66zeke]

damn

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