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74 Omega
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Greenville Ill
Posts: 2
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Hi there got a question
I just got my 74 Omgea out of storage and the motor is stuck and I just pulled the plugs and wd40ed the cylnders do ya have any hints to free this up? This was my first car at 15 and Im 36 now and it really need my atteintion. It has the 350 rocket gold motor
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,430
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It may require several applications of WD40 (or other penetrating oil). Basically pull the plugs and liberally fill the cylinders. The oil will eventually seep past the rings, which is good, since that's how it gets to the second and third rings. This may take a couple of weeks. Keep trying to rotate the motor by hand with a breaker bar on the balancer bolt. Once it breaks free, be sure to change the oil and filter before firing. And while I've heard lots of stories of people freeing a stuck engine then driving it, I've always been skeptical of how well the rings seat on the presumably pitted cylinder walls.
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