Surface rust.

Injected1

Injected1

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Living in the panhandle of FL is a wonderful place unless you are doing an engine build. I have the engine back in the truck and all that is left is accessories, wiring, vacuum, and upper intake and fuel rail. I pushed the truck out of the garage yesterday to paint some parts and then came inside to take a quick nap while the paint dried. I had a thick piece of cardboard on top the intake valley with a gallon jug on it. Of course it had to rain the hardest it's ever rained before. I woke up about 1 hr after the rain started and ran outside to push the truck in. I tried to dry it the best I could be later on that evening I looked down the intake and noticed there was light surface rust down in the heads and on the valves. I cant really see down in the injector bungs but I am sure that some water got down in there as well as the top of the valve cover where the large vac line attaches.

My question is how bad is this and is there anything I can do without tearing the motor back apart. I plan on finishing it up tonight and starting it to drive for about 15 min and then pull it in to change the oil. Please hepl me and tell me what I should do!!!

Any chemicals I can put in with the oil that might help?

thanks, nick
 
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Quickstop [UK]

Quickstop [UK]

Combating adversyty.
Re: Surface rust.

It's a non issue.

If it were a critical surface like the block or face of the heads then maybe you had a problem. As soon as that gets fired up to operating temp it'll dry stuff off and make 0 difference to your truck.

My heads are on but the valves have been exposed a while and aren't as shiny.

Don't use an abrasinv cloth to try and make it clean as the tiny metal fragments might get into the oil and wear your engine from the inside out.

It's just a cosmetic issue. Don't leave it out of course but it isn't an issue as far as I understand.
 
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