yes it started and ran perfectly 95 camaro with seized motor #3 cylinder was rusted solid after breaking it loose with a 2x2 and 5 cans of pb blaster. cleaning the rust up with razor blade and brillow pad. complete top end rebuild, new water pump, new fuel pressure regulator and a lot of cleaning of engine parts that sat in the trunk for a year. draining all the water out of the motor (not in the coolant system in the oil pan filled to the top of the motor) and countless other problems like a cam sensor putting some wires on wrong (mainly because i didn't take it a part.

besides a vacuum leak and a clogged return fuel line it is perfect runs great

 

[sm=jawdrop.gif]what size engine? And holy crap that musta been a lot of work!!! Good luck I guess? Dunno what this post was about I'm not particularly intuitive. Either way, good job, I'm guessing if you were able to do that youve got some good info for others.

 

it was a 3.4 and yeah alot of info about the top end everything except the breaking loose of the #3 cylinder was by the books. i hope i can help others i am going to do the trap door to clean the fuel pump this weekend and i have to replace 1 vacuum connector after that the road test i was just impressed it started and ran perfectly no noise what so ever

 

Hopefully you replaced the rings. Please explain how a 2x2 comes into play here? How did you break it loose, by force through the the crank, or were the rods unbolted and did you use the 2x2, forcing the piston out through the top?

 

im guessing the crank was still in, and he beat on the head with 2x2 and PB blasted it at same time.

 

What the hell would that accomplish? Are you saying that the viberation from the 2x2 against the head while striking it with a hammer would break free a rusted piston? Where does the PB blaster come into play? If thats how you break free a seized piston and think its gonna work properly, next time put that 2x2 against your head and then wack it.

To do the job properly, you need to tear down the engine to bare block. Remove the rod caps,cylinderheads and intake. Then when you cansee the head of the piston, soak the cylinder with WD40 or even Coke (the best rust eater ever) top and bottom of the piston head and let it eat away at the rust. Then possibly using a 2x2 and rubber mallet try and force the piston either up or downout of the block.After that invest $50 per cylinder to replace the rings and buy a hone.

 

well i wanted it to run temporaraly till i get a donor v8 for the car and suprisingly with out a hone or pulling the piston it runs like new took it for its first drive toaday and it was flawless like a brand new motor no smoke or anything now for long term it probaly wont work but i only need it running till i get a donor car so i was going as cheap as possible and when it comes out it wont be sold i wouldnt want to get stuck with a motor with work like that done so i won't stick anyone else with it unless they know and just want it to rebuild

 

oh yeah the crank was in all the time with a socket and breaker bar on the crank bolt and smacking a 2x2 piece of wood with a mallet it broke loose after soaking for a week in pb blaster. heads of of course

 

I gutcha. So again where did the PB come into play. Did you pull out the #3 plug and spray it through the hole in the head where the spark plug was?

 

unless im reading it wrong he did the same exact thing i thought he did. and it sounds like the engine was out of the car. and PB blaster will work like WD40. and i ment piston head.

after rereading it, it sounds like he beat on the socket/breaker bar with the 2x2? i was under the impression he had engine out of car and stripped down, and beat on the piston head with a 2x2 and mallet, after soaking it with PB blaster.