[Amc-list] How stuck is stuck (frozen engine)

[Bruce Griffis <bruce.griffis@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, it's been almost 4 weeks of putting penetrating oil in the cylinders and trying to move the engine using a strap wrench on the crankshaft pulley. Also tried using a socket wrench on the crankshaft bolt (with a length of pipe slipped over he socket wrench for some extra "oomph").

Tried Marvel Mystery Oil (that got my son's frozen 350 freed up. Tried a little WD40. Been trying PBBlaster. It's thinner then MMO, so I thought that might help. Took off the valve cover and put a little oil up top. It seems like oil is slowly getting past the piston rings in all but one cylinder. One is stuck, stuck, stuck.

Tried rocking the car while in gear. Watched the crankshaft pulley - it didn't budge. Tried pushing the car while in 3rd gear (my son and I pushed by hand, didn't use a car). Well - we moved the car, but the engine did not budge (we'll be looking at the clutch, I guess).

Soooooooo - I'll wrap up the brakes hopefully this weekend or next, while still soaking the engine. But I'm thinking we're gonna have to take the head off and see what's going on. The one thing I do know is that nothing is seeping past the rings in the 5th cylinder.


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