I've got my engine ready to install, but at this time no car to install it in.
The motor has been fired up on a startup stand and has a little less than an hour of run-in time on it, mostly to make sure the cam got some proper break-in (inner springs were not installed for run-in) and the leak factor dealt with.
So all is now good with the motor. Now it sits on a stand in my garage. I have installed the inner springs and loosened the valve train to where it is sitting loosely on the rocker studs with zero tension on the rocker arms or valves.
The original 'run-in"
oil is still in it as is the the
oil filter.
I put magnets at the drain plug area of
oil pan as well as the bottom of the oil filter.
Can someone offer some advice as to what my next steps should be? Its going to be awhile (months) before I am able to start this motor again but I am trying to avoid any storage/sitting problems during downtime.
thanks in advance
Mark