Re: De-Pickling the Model A Engine
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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg
After 3 years, if you still have oil in the cylinders, you have the world's best rings. I would try hand cranking the engine over a couple revolutions, to make sure it doesn't hydrolock, and to make sure each cylinder has compression, then I'd try starting it.
Hopefully you don't have any stuck valves.
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Try cranking it over with the plugs out. If any oil comes out of the holes, your rings are better than any I've ever seen. If no oil appears, you are safe to crank it on the starter for a few turns, then turn on the fuel and go for fire in them holes.
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