Return-Path: Received: from out003.verizon.net ([206.46.170.103] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2982760 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:02:26 -0500 Received: from netzero.net ([4.12.145.173]) by out003.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20040208210222.YWZF8426.out003.verizon.net@netzero.net> for ; Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:02:22 -0600 Message-ID: <4026A3D9.8040703@netzero.net> Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 16:02:17 -0500 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax; PROMO) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Storing your junkyard engine - don'ts References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out003.verizon.net from [4.12.145.173] at Sun, 8 Feb 2004 15:02:21 -0600 I have already posted one warning about not letting a junkyard (or used) engine sit for any extended time without taking it apart immediately as you get it home. In this case it apparently had a bad water jacket o-ring and sat with water in one of the rotor chambers (for a long time). That destroyed the front and center housings, and now, just as I was about to assemble the perfectly cleaned front rotor, I noticed that the surface (wall) the oil seals rests against are badly corroded. Assuming the damage wasn't already done when I took it out of the car in the junkyard, letting it sit for years cost me otherwise perfectly usable center and front housings and a rotor. (The chrome surface of the rotor housing survived.) Finn (cleaning best rotor from my most recently running engine)