So long story short I bought an engine off ebay about 2.5 months ago. It came out of a running truck with 80k miles and had a 30 day warranty. I had it delivered and dropped to my garage and forgot about it. I finally got into it this weekend to redo a few things before I swapped it in(water pump, thermostat, gaskets, etc) and when I pulled the valve covers off I was horrified.
Im outside of the return date so I was looking for tips on the best way to clean this up before I put it in? My plan was to pull the pan and scrape off as much as I could, clean the pickup tube, try using a brush and kero or diesel fuel to clean up the heads (im not pulling them). Then putting the engine in with some engine flush treatment and running it for 15-20mins then pulling the pan off again to check the pick up tube for anymore blockage. Then maybe doing oil changes every 1000 miles with good quality oil and hoping for the best. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Im outside of the return date so I was looking for tips on the best way to clean this up before I put it in? My plan was to pull the pan and scrape off as much as I could, clean the pickup tube, try using a brush and kero or diesel fuel to clean up the heads (im not pulling them). Then putting the engine in with some engine flush treatment and running it for 15-20mins then pulling the pan off again to check the pick up tube for anymore blockage. Then maybe doing oil changes every 1000 miles with good quality oil and hoping for the best. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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