ummm?? what should i do about this??

[caprisecca]

okay so i was getting my low mileage aspire engine ready for a quick install this weekend, doing gaskets and such. so when i went to pull the lower radiator hose off the block a whole bunch of corn was in it, where appearantly a mouse or something hid his stash. idk what i should do now. what would yall do?

[Advancedynamix]

Get out the butter and salt and a kettle. :p
seriously though, you should be able to flush all the corn out of the hoses and radiator with a little patience. Check all your hoses and wires for damage from the critter ( they love too eat rubber and wire insulation). Make sure you rinse all that corn out, you don't want that getting into the cooling passages in the engine. Hope that helps .

[caprisecca]

how do i get it out of the block? i got out all i seen by the front but i dunno if theres any inside or not. i thought about taking a water hose to it,

[rbrown]

This was in the engine you are going to use??

[jbibb1]

I would think a water hose in from the top should wash all the corn out the bottom

[Bert]

Corn does swell when you make it wet. Which might make your problem worse. Do you have access to a pressure washer? Maybe you can blow everything the H out of there. Mice that eat antifreeze-soaked corn don't fare very well either and are likely also still in there.

This 'fresh' engine of yours wouldn't appear to have come out of a running car recently. Be forewarned that seals and gaskets also dry out over time.

[caprisecca]

I would think a water hose in from the top should wash all the corn out the bottom

thats kinda what i thought.

This 'fresh' engine of yours wouldn't appear to have come out of a running car recently. Be forewarned that seals and gaskets also dry out over time.

i bought it from an older gentleman who said it came out of his wrecked 40k mile aspire a year ago and has been sitting in his heated shop since. i bought it about six months ago where it went into my barn then. i dont think its been in there long cause the corn looked fresh and i dont feed my chicken corn in the winter, i feed them laying crumbles. not till summer when they get to catch bugs do i feed them corn.... anyway its in there now so it really dont matter how long. right? but im kinda taking a chance on this engine, i know but it looks emaculate, whole engine is clean, looks beautiful under the valve cover, so sign of leaking oil, and no fouling on plugs, crank still turns easy with wrench, and since i need to replace my clutch anyway, i thought y not and put in that one....
do u think my seals will be dry rotted after only that short time??

[rbrown]

This 'fresh' engine of yours wouldn't appear to have come out of a running car recently. Be forewarned that seals and gaskets also dry out over time.

Precisely. And rust. And the water pump has sat dry, etc.

[Movin]

All debris should flush out with the tstat out and bidirectional flushing.

Corn should be good to seal large leaks as it stops in the hole then slowly
swells..

Power bait, chew, coffee, flour, tea...all kinds of things can stop leaks..

[drddan]

All debris should flush out with the tstat out and bidirectional flushing.

Corn should be good to seal large leaks as it stops in the hole then slowly
swells..

Power bait, chew, coffee, flour, tea...all kinds of things can stop leaks..

Ha ha, that is actually good thinking!

[scitzz]

Ha ha, that is actually good thinking!

Yeah it is!

[WmWatt]

I'd be inclined to fish as much out as possible with a length or wire. If you heat the engine it would probably pop and be a devil to get out. Or swell with a water flush. Could you flush with, say, used motor oil? Of try compressed air, or the shop vac? You could just leave it in the shop overnight and let the mice dig it out. They put it in there, let them get it out.

[Movin]

^^^