Say I orderd a freshly put together short block, but Its not installed for a while. How long can it sit around before things start to go wrong? How can you protect it from sitting around long term?

 

i would guess keep it well covered, protected and dry and you would be good a long time

 

I spray mine every month with WD-40 to keep surface rust from forming. I also rotate the crank a few times to make sure the cyl walls get coated.

 

i agree with dave88z...wd-40 that bad boy, keep it extremly clean and dry, and rotate it every so often to keep it in good shape

 

Use Caution in what type of oil you use.... The cylinder walls and rings might get pissed....

 

Is WD-40 good or bad? What oils should not be used?
Off topic but CTS are you a mechanic? I am a mechanic, and my wife and I are looking to move to the Charlotte area. I am wondering what a good mechanics salary is down there. Shoot me a PM if you have time.

 

What about just regular oil?

 

Don't use wd40! It's half solvent. If you want proof spray the **** out of a wrench and and leave it on your work bench for two days... It'll be dry.

 

Marine fogging oil. Good stuff, puts a nice film of oil on cylinder walls that hangs out a long time. Spray it, rotate to coat cylinder walls, spray again and cover up. Good for quite a while. Probably not a bad idea to hit lifter bores etc as well.

 

lmao yankee bullstuff that info is

 

Try it.

 

i have been for about 3 years. as well as my father for about 35+

 

I meant the work bench test. There's better ways to protect a block.

 

linseed oil works well too