jims78searay
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I just brought a used GM block Volvo eng out of a marine parts boat yard. The eng was ran for me a few mins without the Impeller in. It was a '84-86 eng with the volvo bell housing cover. It sat on a pallet for 6mos until last week. I just started to clean it up to get it ready to install it into my '86 Bayliner 2560 Trophy. I started with the exhaust man's...Wow! alot of rust flakes! Alarmed, I took off the thermostat housing, No thermostat! and the inside of the housing looked like a rust bucket. I paid $700. for this eng and altho it runs nice and Idles, no misses, what do I do??? Is this cosmetic's Im dealing with? Do I take the eng apart and put new valve cover & oil pan gaskets, thermostat housing and whatever looks rusty? I want to also put on a FWC kit. This eng only accepts the 'block only' FWC type. Im a novice do-it-your selfer and have done most of my repairs but I need some advice on this.