been soaking a stuck engine...

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Ive been soaking a mitsubishi 4g63 engine (i think its the turbo variant) in wd-40 for a few days now. was able to make the engine turn yesterday, but now i noticed the wd-40 on cyl 3 and 4 drains faster than 1&2 (~30 mins vs a few hours). does that mean cyl 3 and 4 are good? or would that mean they wont seal when the engine is running?

the engine is to be used on my friends project 1986 lancer. it came i think from an evo v. the previous owner crashed the car and parted it out. he literally left the engine in his garden, never sold it... never let anyone touch it... his wife tried to throw it away once, and his usually jolly personality suddenly shifted to a violent, heinous one... he broke all the windows of his house that day. true story! (he was my neighbor)

when he died, his son told us he would give us 5,000 php (~$100) to get the engine. so, hey! youre rarely paid to have an engine complete with papers and was in good running condition the last time it ran (which was back in 2008), so why not?

[hazetguy]

i had an english muffin and some coffee for breakfast.
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[hitest]

Expert better performance from an English muffin than from WD-40 as an engine soak. The potential loss of an engine should cost no one their windows. Your friend should seek help- or consider shutters.

Soak it in diesel or a 50/50 mix of ATF and acetone if you want results.
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[busdaddy]

Bran muffins produce better morning results for me, fiber is your friend

Since it's turning now but some holes drain faster than others I'll guess the rings are stuck in the pistons on those, try the advanced penetrants Hitest suggests, but don't be suprised if it's a smoker once you get it fired up. Myself I like to remove the head and look at the bores for pitting if I'm after something reliable in cases like that, it may fire up and run OK, but it'll likely gobble oil and may chew up the bores past any limits of available oversize pistons, are you planning on a long term driver?, or something disposable to do burnouts with on weekends until it explodes?
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Excellent news and follow-up!
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[mark tucker]

IMHO, if it's stuck it needs to come appart.no reason to waste time with some potus bisquick&tar crap. ..... I pulled a hemi out of a car in a corn field years ago, it had been there for over 40 years out in the country....added fuel to the fuel line gave a squirt in the carbs throat's, wired up the coil and starter and after about 15 sec of spinning if fired right up and idled just fine. it wasent stuck, if it's stuck and stuck good it's dead. many that are just lightly stuck are dead. I do like the idea of a English muffin&coffie instead of a dead motor to take up my valuable time....

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