nicks89gtstang

A guy I know has a Cobra motor that was in a Mustang, and the guy who put it in dident relise the motor was shipped with no oil. He ran the car down the street and the back to the dealer, round trip was less than 1 mile. What I was wondering was how much damage could have been done to the motor, and what would need to be fixed on it. Give me the worst case senerio, becuase I am thinking of buying the motor from the guy and fixing it and then put it in my car or just sell it, he said I could buy it for $200, is that too much? He says he thinks it is like a 97 or 98 Cobra motor.

StockD15b

put oil in it, drive it change the oil, see if u have any metal shavings. 1 mile isnt to bad. least it wasnt a road trip outa state or anything. buy it tho.

GreyStang

The driving distance may only have been a mile, but he probably idled it a while before & after the trip, right? It all adds up.

Yea fill it up with oil, drive it around a bit while listening/smelling for problems, then drain the oil & check it out. If it smokes like a SOB while driving it, the rings are gone & the cylinder walls might be fried, not to mention how the crank/cam bearings might be..

StockD15b

GreyStangs explanation of what to do was far better then mine, i just sum it up in a nutshell. lol. but ya listen to GreyStang.

06mustang88

if you don't want to do that, let him know that i'll buy it for 200 bucks

ironh19

yeah you can't ship an engine w/ oil in it. its considered hazardous material. so that was a little DA DA DA (carlos mencia) in that guys part.

FDNYBullitt

If he'll let you, fill it with oil, attach a good oil pressure guage and see what the pressure is. Then do a compression test. The clearances on these motors are really tight and it doesn't take much to burn up the crank journals, cam journals in the heads and rings. If those are wiped out then it be quite expensive and would basically need a complete rebuild, good luck.