Buyer Beware - Rick Ehrenberg
A fresh machined cylinder bore can rust in DAYS....
But, why didn't it after so many years?
Here's the thing. He's been challenged on FBBO to post up what the email chain he claims to have which would set the timeline.
He says the rings didn't seat they pulled it down and found rust.
Ehrenberg says the pulled it down, said the walls were good and a year later said the walls were rusted.
Reading the thread on FBBO there's one or two posts where the OP is almost whining about it. (And getting basically bent out of shape people are doubting him - even as he won't rise to several challenges to post the email chain.)
Somehow the name of the builder has been brought into it, igniting some emotions. Nice tactic to take the onus off the *real* issue: was the engine torn down and sat for over a year or not?
According to the OP the email chain should cure the timeline issues and take the debate away.
Fact is, how many engines have you pulled down years after being pulled from a car, and the sealed engine still shows no sign of rust on *any* machine surfaces? I can think of several which I've pulled from a car that hasn't been run in years and everything is still fresh. The same could be said for a fresh engine, just sealed up, still coated in oil and break in lube no matter how long it's sat on an engine dolly.
Now, if you were Ehrenberg and found the engine had been torn down and sat around for a year, what would *anyone* do in this position? At that point the seller can't guarantee the bores were coated in anything to keep them from rusting.
