Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:03:15 -0800
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Frozen engine
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You might break it free by towing it, but personally I wouldn't do
that. But then I'm the precautious type.
I second the motion for Marvel oil and gradually getting it to turn.
Is LPS a penetrating oil? Maybe some Liquid Wrench would help?
Neil. (another I4 owner)
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well I finally soved one problem just to end up with another- isn't that just the way it is with a Vanagon?
> The battery went out in my other '82 Vanagon inline-four engine. Not my Westy, but one I got in '06 that has a Scirocco engine . It ran fine for three days, then stopped running. I spent time here and time there trying to figure it out.
> Finally, I gave up on the CIS system that was so hacked anyway by the PO that I ripped it all out and replaced it with Digifant 2.
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> Ok, so next ,the battery went out. I get a good battery. Now the starter craps out. I get a good starter which took several months to accomplish.
> Now the engine will not turn . Not even with a breaker bar and cheater pipe.
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> It's not hydro-locked, but it has sat for 2 years in the driveway. SO of course this means the rings rusted to the cylinder walls.
> So I sprayed LPS in every cylinder .
> How long does that take to work- any better ideas?
> We are normally 60-100% humidity here in the PNW so I am not surprised it froze.
> Just that on other engines that froze I was able to break them free with a breaker bar. This one seems that I would break the bar if I could stand on it.
> Could I attach the towbar and break it free by towing? Anybody done that before?
>
> Robert
> 1982 Vanagon inline four
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