<VV> water in oil pan

[Tony]

At 0027 05/08/2004 -0400, UltraMonzaWest@aol.com wrote:
>lloydscorvan@yahoo.com writes:
>just purchased a supposedly rebuit engine.After getting it home and dropping 
>the oil pan, WATER...
>*****************************************************
>
>condensation...most likely....  fire it up on the floor....get it HOT [ no 
>belt]   and see...
>
>Matt / run 'em  before you buy um   





Not always the way I end up doing it.   

I went to a fellows place to pick up an engine he was hawking, and after some
debate on the price I gave him 75 bucks for it, came out of a '69 Monza that
had been driven there from outta state, new owner wanted a 140/4-sp and not a
110/PG so out came the engine.   For 75 bucks I didn't quibble about not
hearing it run first, checked the oil and it was full and looked clean, good
enough for me.    

...nor did I quibble over the 2nd engine he threw in for an additional  25
bucks, '68 110/manual shift out of a very rusty 500 that was parted out.   
There's uses for both engines, seeing as how there's a red '68 Monza with a
holed piston, needs repair or another engine, and the '69 engine needed to be
acquired just because it's a '69 engine...   which needs tube seals bigtime,
leaked oil when tipped up on its side during unloading.   

Both engines turned easily, looked OK, exhaust ports weren't greasy, so I
didn't argue, just paid the man and took 'em.    I expect I'll simply outfit
them and install then as0is and work out any bugs along the way.   Hell, if
one
of them turns out to be not so good, I still got my moneys worth,  I think.   

Vair engines are starting to become not so easy to acquire anymore.    Gone
are
the days of regularly picking up a complete running good condition engine for
50 bucks.   


tony..