My "new" engine….

[TiAgX5]

+1 on above.

If you decided to rebuild it, swap heads (after rebuild), fuel injection system, vanos, etc from knocking engine.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Originally Posted by upallnight

Since you will have it on a stand, why not just disassemble it and see what you brought. You're going to drop the pan any way and the only thing left are the heads. If it was me, I'll just tear it down completely and just rebuild it, but that's just me.

Agreed

[jopecasa]

[Dickster]

That is not showing "signs" of neglect - THAT IS NEGLECT!

Either total strip down or forget that one.

[SlickGT1]

Wow. Curious if you can make anything out of that. Is that rust under the valve covers?

That thing looks like it will need some serious labor to just clean up.

[crystalworks]

I think if you are really going to use it... it must be fully disassembled and hot tanked. Being open to the elements for any length of time almost guarantees it.

[CapeX5]

OK, after a productive day of inspection/disassembly I am not going to use the whole engine. Parts, but not the whole thing. It could be salvaged with a good hot tank treatment. I can not believe the amount of and locations of aluminum I found upon tearing this motor apart. That someone drove this car in this condition is astounding to me. The actual journals on the crank, rods, cam journals all look good. Even the bearings look OK. I will let the pictures tell the story on what a $60k dollar car's engine looks like when people don't care about service or can't afford it. I feel these cars are basically inexpensive to purchase now but the maint. costs are still high. I was talking to someone yesterday who had a discussion with a dealer that knows of an X that has over 400K miles on it, but the woman maintains it religiously and has had no problems. At this point, I have located a good short block. I am going to pull mine out and swap the heads and other parts over to new block. I will sell parts of this trashed engine to make money back. And here is a video of the lower pan right after I took it off
OK, after a productive day of inspection/disassembly I am not going to use the whole engine. Parts, but not the whole thing. It could be salvaged with a good hot tank treatment. I can not believe the amount of and locations of aluminum I found upon tearing this motor apart. That someone drove this car in this condition is astounding to me. The actual journals on the crank, rods, cam journals all look good. Even the bearings look OK. I will let the pictures tell the story on what a $60k dollar car's engine looks like when people don't care about service or can't afford it. I feel these cars are basically inexpensive to purchase now but the maint. costs are still high. I was talking to someone yesterday who had a discussion with a dealer that knows of an X that has over 400K miles on it, but the woman maintains it religiously and has had no problems. At this point, I have located a good short block. I am going to pull mine out and swap the heads and other parts over to new block. I will sell parts of this trashed engine to make money back. And here is a video of the lower pan right after I took it off.
OK, after a productive day of inspection/disassembly I am not going to use the whole engine. Parts, but not the whole thing. It could be salvaged with a good hot tank treatment. I can not believe the amount of and locations of aluminum I found upon tearing this motor apart. That someone drove this car in this condition is astounding to me. The actual journals on the crank, rods, cam journals all look good. Even the bearings look OK. I will let the pictures tell the story on what a $60k dollar car's engine looks like when people don't care about service or can't afford it. I feel these cars are basically inexpensive to purchase now but the maint. costs are still high. I was talking to someone yesterday who had a discussion with a dealer that knows of an X that has over 400K miles on it, but the woman maintains it religiously and has had no problems. At this point, I have located a good short block. I am going to pull mine out and swap the heads and other parts over to new block. I will sell parts of this trashed engine to make money back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzGz...m-upload_owner

[CapeX5]

Sorry for the replication of the written part of that. Don't know how that happened.

[Joshdub]

Damn. There wasn't even that much shit in my E30s oil pan.

[X53Jay4.8is]

Completely neglected. Well at least you didn't waste thousands of dollars just a few hundred.