Cylinder Liner Seat Corrosion

["miltdanfoss" <dan.foss@xxxx>]

Bought my first DeLorean a few weeks ago after looking in earnest for 
about a month. Drove the 4 hours to Miami area and picked it up 
myself.

I bought a project, with an excellent interior/exterior, but with the 
engine in pieces. The engine is complete, however it is 100% 
disassembled. 

I have rebuilt many an engine, but never a V6, and since I've never 
even seen a real DeLorean engine all together, it is a very fun, but 
challenging jig-saw puzzle.

I dry assembled it last week, to make sure I had enough bolts, etc. 
and to learn my lessons the easy way. Thanks to everyone who has 
posted engine pictures. Helped me figure a couple things out not 
specified in the manuals, i.e., auxillary pulley locations.


Here's my question: 
This last weekend, after being shut down because of not getting all 
four thrust washers I ordered from DMC, I set about the busy work of 
cleaning threads, etc. I noticed there was corrosion around the 
number 1 and 4 cylinder liner seats. It has eaten into the flange 
seat, and had me ponderring an upper crankcase replacement all 
weekend.

Any thoughts on this? I'd love to hear them. 

Dan in Cocoa, FL
VIN# 3932


BTW $8300 for car and about $1600 in miscellaneous parts, tools, 
machine shop work, etc., so far. I am frothing at the bit to get this 
engine complete and in the car!!