Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:31:10 -0500
Reply-To: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
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From: Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject: Re: Frozen engine
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Hi Robert,
Put some Marvel Mystery oil down the spark plug holes and then apply
torque in both directions, rocking it a bit each way. Do this on a daily
basis and it will slowly break free, but it could take a week or more
before you can turn it a full 360 degrees.
This technique is the preferred method with the vintage motorcycle
crowd, no reason it shouldn't do the trick opn a WBX engine.
Happy Trails,
Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca
Robert Keezer 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.
>
> 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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