In a message dated 3/22/2010 8:06:26 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
sfcebula@YAHOO.COM writes:

I just  pulled the engine out of my wrecked van and I was wondering if
anybody had any  advice for long-term storage.  For now I just blocked off all
the ports  and put the engine in my shed. Thanks

hello steve  I would squit some oil into each clylinder, rotate the  engine
some to coat everything,put the plugs back in, , then remove the  rocker
arms so that all the valves will be closed and no tension on any of the  valve
springs  later  mark d