Need some Help....

[digifant_gli]

Hey Everyone...

This isn't a NB specific question, but it is a 2.0L engine for a Jetta that I am asking about....I have a stripped ABA 2.0L block that I am using to build an engine for my 1990 Jetta GLI. I have been storing the block in my garage, but we have had a lot of rain and the block got wet. Now the cylinder bores have some rust on them and I am wondering...is the block junk now? The rust doesn't seem heavy or too severe, but I would like to know if I am going to be wsting my time with this block now.

Someone told me that using a maroon Scotchbright pad soaked with Dunk Degreaser would work to remove the rust. I am going to be sending the block out to be hot tanked and cleaned up anyway...but only if this rust hasn't screwed things up for me...

Any input that you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your help;

Peter

[j_oly1999]

Well, in short, No way, that won't hurt a block, IF you take care of the rust problem before assembly. If you're having the block worked on at a machine shop, there's a good chance that they'll clean it up when they do the work on it. If you'd like to clean it, then go ahead. Just dont get in there with a grinder or anything like that to clean it! LOL,

Here's my trick for rusty old engine parts that i'm cleaning to make new aggain. This sounds ridiculous, so laugh, but try it and you'll stop laughin!

Get a 6 pack of CANS of coke, NOT PEPSI!, the real deal, coke. soak some fine (00 or finer) steel wool in it for a few and rub down the cylinders until the rust is gone, then wash them mout really REALLY good to get ALL of the coke out of anywhere. Next, dry everything off well with towels, or blow dry with an air nozzle. Then, either spray it down with WD-40 or some sort of oil to keep the rust from coming back, and you're good to go!