Thread: Any Home-remedies for a Stuck Engine?

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drain the oil,fill the whole thing to the top of the carb with diesil fuel. check every day as it goes down as it will slowly fill up the bottom end. give it at least a month longer if its cold and then drain it all out plus remove the plugs and see what happens if you can get a breaker bar on the crank.
this wat gets the fluid everywhere even the backside of the piston rings

Thanks, guys. I'll pass these along. If anyone has any more suggestions, I'm sure that they would be appreciated.

The car has been in storage for around 30+ years. Apparently it was never started after that. Everything about the car is near perfect other than the motor. The car? An early 60's Maserati.

Don't strip the balancer bolt!
If it's really stuck, bolt something to the balancer instead.

Pat

Pull all the rockers, get all the valves closed. Take out the plugs, and make an adapter that will take the end of a high pressure washer. Give each cylinder a blast of that, and it'll break the pistons loose. If it's not really rusted, just a rubber end on the wand will seal good enough sometimes.

I don't think I would use water in the cyl's, if it doesn't work or if it does work, you have your worst enemy (next to metal shavings) for a motor in your cyl's & block!
I would pull it apart 1st.
If it's a stick, give it a shove and pop the clutch in 3rd or 4th gear.

Pat