Good advice! My pressure washer sucks. So there isn't much pressure. But a garden hose and some degreaser sounds more practical! Too busy right now to work on it. Gotta put my brother's bathroom back together! We gut d it yesterday! Mold everywhere!

 

I had to do that in a buddy's basement that was finished. Black mold everywhere like our was flooded at one point

 

So I just pulled the valve cover off this donor engine and it looks like there some water been present? Do these engines sweat just sit n?

 

What does the oil look like in the pan? If there isn't any oil in it, pull the pan.

 

They drained the oil before I got there. Do engines build up moisture in them when they sit for long periods of time?

 

They shouldn't

 

I don't know where you live? But in the Pacific Northwest it's cold and extra moist around here. So I will pull the pan in the am and see what the bottom end looks like!?

 

the engine is sealed (or should be) so no moisture should be able to get in. I live in the NorthEast

 

Certain metals sweat. I think I read these valve covers are magnesium? Or was it the valve cover bolts? Just trying to figure out if I have to go stuff this engine up the guys backside that I bought it from? I called him and asked him to check the radiator for oil residue. I also asked him about the oil he drained out and he said it was clean. But that really just means someone recently changed it. Wonder why?

Looks like a sweaty valve cover?

 

I forgot this was a V10. In my experience I never had an engine sweat. HeyYou would know for sure!