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[JamesV6CDX]

I have the option to buy a brand new v6 engine. Apparently it's never been run. Its sadly not a 3.0+, it's s 2.5, but still!

It's one of the later 2.5's (the fifth bolt on the Cambelt cover gives it away)

It's been sat in a barn all it's life!

A chap at work has told me it belongs to one of his friends who I think was going to fit it but then made other plans and it just sat there.

Price wise it's a steal. Should I fit it to my CDX (with v good bodywork) to get the best of both worlds?

I wonder what it will need to run. Definitely a Cambelt kit! I wonder if the cam cover gaskets will have deteriorated too.

[JamesV6CDX]

I should mention the chap is very trustworthy, no doubts there at all.

[JamesV6CDX]

[JamesV6CDX]

Fit the 2.6 manifolds, plenum, ancillaries etc and it'll be plug and play

[JamesV6CDX]

I should say it's sat a long time - 13 years ish!!

[henryd]

If that has been stored with exhaust and inlet ports left open it could well be a doorstop,does it turn over by hand?

[JamesV6CDX]

If that has been stored with exhaust and inlet ports left open it could well be a doorstop,does it turn over by hand?

I haven't seen it yet, I'd be surprised if it was ruined though, my mates mg engine sat for twice that time, and fired up with no drama

[JamesV6CDX]

Worth a drop of oil in the bores before turning by hand ?

[05omegav6]

I'm with Henry but would add that turning it over with out completely stripping it will ruin it, as all you will do is grind dust and shit into the bores/valves/bearings

By completely stripping it, I mean literally every last nut/bolt/bearing cap... right down to a bare block and heads... in order that it be completely clean. Not a quick blast out with an airline.

Even the plugs are out, the insides could be full of moisture, dust, debris, spiders, mice... be a nice winter project rebuilding it, but only if you don't turn it over

[tidla]

Guy a few doors down has old motors stashed in his garage.

One of them hadnt been fired up for a while so when he did, he found the bearing caps had attached themselves to the crank,

[Nick W]

Personally, I wouldn't want to pay anything for it, especially as I don't have a specific use for the thing.
At the very least it's going to want a cambelt and some gaskets; I wouldn't be surprised to find leaky oil seals when in use.

[Kevin Wood]

That looks like it's been stored in such a damp environment that it needs a rebuild before use, IMHO. If the plugs have been left out it will be knackered, I reckon.

[Andy B]

How can you see that the plugs are out? I can see the lack of HT leads, but the plugs are well down the bore and you'd be unlikely to be able to see them from those pictures. 

[05omegav6]

How can you see that the plugs are out? I can see the lack of HT leads, but the plugs are well down the bore and you'd be unlikely to be able to see them from those pictures. 

Fair point, but even so...

If its never been run, why are there carbon deposits in the throttle intake

Certainly wouldn't be paying money for it...

[henryd]

How can you see that the plugs are out? I can see the lack of HT leads, but the plugs are well down the bore and you'd be unlikely to be able to see them from those pictures. 

Fair point, but even so...

If its never been run, why are there carbon deposits in the throttle intake

Certainly wouldn't be paying money for it...

I wouldn't of though a crate engine would include the intake fanimold