Light Rust on bores after Machining

[S13NismoStyle]

I just received my sr block from the machine shop and i had assumed they had left some type of protective oil on the newly over bored cylinder walls. But apparently they did not. Now my cylinder walls have a slight amount of surface rust.

What should I do about this? Will it cause problems when my rings try to seat? I was hoping to assemble the motor this weekend. thanks

[Edwin562]

send it back to them to fix it, or get you a new block... after machining they should applied a film of oil to prevent surface rust..

[S13NismoStyle]

I'm going to take the block to another shop and have it honed again. I hope that should fix the problem. I particularly didn't care for the original shop I took it too.

Honing should fix the rust problem, right?

[Tex Blackwell]

If it's not too bad you can just wipe it down with some engine oil and it should come rite out.

[Rabboni]

Yea, a hone should fix your problems, provided that the new shop actually puts some oil on the block after theyre done.

[Tex Blackwell]

Yea, sometimes they are in a rush and they just wash it out and don't put some type of lube on it....

[skyview]

bring it back to where you just had it done. Tell them they didn't finish the job and you now want it honed out. Or you can do it yourself, because surface rust is nothing as long as you take care of it.. i had that on my cams. That's bullshit though, I'd go into the shop and be a complete dick, telling them how you need to correct them on their work.

Fuck lazy people

[Chrischeezer]

isn't all that machine work preformed with oil?

[S13NismoStyle]

Yeah, I was pretty pissed at the original shop that machined my engine. They did a lot of other half ass crap too. I had already got into the owner about some other issues. I really didn't even feel like bringing it back to them.

I ended up just taking the block to another well known machine shop and they said they would hone it for $20.

It sucks about the other shop, but I'm just glad that everything will be fixed the proper way and I'll be able to finish my build.

Thanks

[codyace]

It wouldn't bother me much to be quite honest, as it's more than likely just slighty flash/surface rust. Take some PB Blaster to the bores, or any sort of oil and see if it wipes up/off. Unprotected steel doesn't stand much of a chance in a humid or wet environment.