1996 850 Turbo Is my engine seized..?

Shawn Stanford · Post by **Shawn Stanford** » 30 Oct 2013, 19:20

Okay, I'm here:

JasonO · Post by **JasonO** » 30 Oct 2013, 19:52

I'm finding this thread very useful as i may have to do this to my car in the summer.

Please keep posting pics and/or vids.

Good luck!

Post by **rspi** » 30 Oct 2013, 19:57

Hurrah! It's cleaning time.

Post by **erikv11** » 30 Oct 2013, 22:48

Clean the block meticulously and carefully. Quality gasket remover is hard to find now (the Permatex stuff is useless) but helps a ton. Don't scratch the block surface. You want the block to sparkle when you are done, without any new scratches in the soft aluminum.

futureboycolin · Post by **futureboycolin** » 31 Oct 2013, 16:30

Don't use Brillo pads like I did.

Try and find the CRC gasket remover in a red can.

Is there something I can do to smooth the surface of the block if I did scratch it with Brillo pads? Is it really that bad if it gets scuffed by the scrubbing pad?

Post by **Ben850** » 31 Oct 2013, 23:50

I don't want to have to ever do that.
If in fact I do, I am thankful for the experience found on this site.