light rust on cylinder wall

41Clay · #1 (**permalink**) 10-15-2002, 09:12 PM

I bought an engine that was subposivly running in the late eighties. Pulled the heads and found some recent but not bad rust, I'm guessing "flash rust." I was wondering if there was a solution that could take this out or if I could just use something like rubbing compound to remove it. I think it's in to good of shape to rebuild and want to start it up and check how it runs without scratching the cylinder walls up too much.

mtflat · #2 (**permalink**) 10-16-2002, 07:55 AM

Mine was in the same condition from the sounds of it. I used steel wool and penetrating oil (PBlaster, WD40, diesel, etc)and scrubbed. You might want to lay a rag on top the piston just to keep wool shards out of the rings. I got the worst of it that way and let the rings finish up.

mtflat · #3 (**permalink**) 10-16-2002, 08:22 AM