"Red Cloud®" wrote in message
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The question would be, what possible damage to the internals may have
happend
due to the presence of that moisture for 5 years. Salt or not, it may be
of no
concern at all. The only real way to go further would be a tear down. I
would
suggest that you just run the engine normally and keep an eye on it. If
you hear
a loud squealing noise, you have rust problems.

rusty redcloud

I had considered that but the oil that came out had no dark tint so I had
supposed that if it had rusted anything the oil would have had a red tint.
I was more concerned of corroding the bearings then rusting something but
you are right. thanks for the response.

mark