Re: rust in the engine?

["dmcman82" <srubano@xxxx>]

The cylinders are made of cast iron (or steel I forget). It's normal 
for it to do that that's why it's important to make sure you have a 
proper 50/50 water to antifreeze mixture.

Steve

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> hey everyone,
> 
> i've had my fuel system, intake manifold, waterpump, and y-pipe 
removed from 
> my car since november, where it is sitting in a storage garage. i 
put duct 
> tape over the ports for the intake manifold, closed the engine 
covers, and 
> let it be while i have been waiting for parts and fuel system 
cleaning. 
> anyway, just the other day i was over there and took a look at 
some things in 
> order to decide what parts i need to order and i looked inside the 
> passenger-side hole where the Y-pipe connects to and was puzzled 
to see a 
> corner of something caked in rust down there! if you look down 
the hole, i 
> can see coolant about an inch down (of course) and i can see the 
corner of 
> something (the cylinder head?) covered in orange/brown rust. i 
don't 
> remember it being like that before! i thought this was an 
aluminum engine? 
> my parts are coming this week so i can put everything back 
together again, 
> and now i'm worried that something has been rotting in my engine 
while i have 
> it all exposed.
> 
> what should i do? should i put it all back together, put 
antifreeze in and 
> load it up with some rust dissolving coolant treatment, then flush 
the system 
> after a couple weeks? or should i just pretend i didn't see it?
> 
> also, the driver's side is a little rusty but not as bad.
> 
> Andy
> 
> Soma576@xxxx
> 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
> Fargo, ND 58102
> 
> 
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