So firstly i have a Chevy 5.3l v8 gen 3 engine that im doing head Gaskets on and a few new parts in the valvetrain. The friend helping me used scotch brite at first, on the block deck only and after that i got oit the plastic scrapers because of evertthing ive read about the abrasive particles that shed from scotch brite. The engine sits as a short block with no heads on it currently and brake cleaner and compressed air was used to clean things off the make sure no abrasive particles were left. Its getting new cam and lifters so the lifter bores are open and no cam inside and brake cleaner was used in that area and washed down of course onto the bottom end parts in the crankcase. The motor was rotated by hand a few times and then oil was poured over the bottom end and the cylinder bores were sprayed with wd40 forrust prevention. This is of course not ideal which leads to my questions.
Would the brake cleaner that ran down have been able to get into crank or rod bearings enough to dry them out? If so would the oil that was poured over all these parts have gotten back onto them? And lastly would having turned it over a few times by hand with them possibly dry have hurt anything?
To add, the crank and pistons spin freely with a wrench on the balancer bolt and either way will be primed with oil before it gets started again.
Thanks for any thoughts on this.
Would the brake cleaner that ran down have been able to get into crank or rod bearings enough to dry them out? If so would the oil that was poured over all these parts have gotten back onto them? And lastly would having turned it over a few times by hand with them possibly dry have hurt anything?
To add, the crank and pistons spin freely with a wrench on the balancer bolt and either way will be primed with oil before it gets started again.
Thanks for any thoughts on this.