Water went in the intake -flood waters up to windshield-

had car about 4 feet off the ground still wasnt enough..

drained gallons and gallons from drain plug before oil started coming out.

pulled sparkplugs

water started coming out LOL

i turned engine over via breaker bar water gushed out of all 8 cyl holes

filled cylinders with WD40.

and its sat since.

starter is ruined it wont turn it over.

is the engine still salvageable?

without tearing it down?

somehow, everything still works in this car.

lights and all. i want to get it running.

 

I'm sure you could get the engine running by replacing a few things like the starter and maybe the solenoid if its bad, but I wouldn't do it. It may or may not fail on you. Not to mention I'm sure oxidation has already started inside the engine. Rusty cylinder walls aren't good. All the areas with electronics should be taken apart and cleaned before the connections corrode. Your carpet should be pulled up and dried before mold grows. Things of that nature.

 

the motor will be the least of your troubles as all the electrical connections are corroded and will now continue to do so...

 

I'd cut your losses and see if you can sell it, honestly. Cars that get swamped like that usually start having electrical demons that never go away.

 

yup

 

Its a parts car with no title. I bought it this way. I wanna sell engine. Or maybe even use it. Wd40 soaked in there shod do the trick? What if i start it
And
Theres surface rust on walls. Will that totally destroy rings?

 

I pity the poor shmuck who ends up that engine. And mental note to self.... never buy anything from username 88GTBLACK.

 

The water in those cylinders will rust and eat the rings right out of it.
I'll bet they are gone now.
V-8 engines aew wonderful things but they are not submirseable..........

 

Your motor is done....simple as that

What you need to do so you have as little of issues as possible is to completely tear the car apart and pull the whole electrical harness out, strip it down for inspection and retape it...cleaning everything.

 

wd40 is good but it isn't going to make helen keller see/hear/speak, nor save that motor.....