Just kidding all, there is no dopey question, I did all this work, I don't want to blow it up...Turns out I'm very clean, perhaps too clean or generous with water. Drained the pan this morning to fill with startup oil, half of it was water. Not too high, not above the gasket perhaps 7 or so quarts of liquid, so the crank hasn't been drowning in water for weeks. But perhaps I have a cylinder full of water? My concern is starting it and having it try to compress water and really break something..My current plan is to turn it over initially w/ starter no fuel, no spark, no EFI, just like a complete rebuild startup. Is this the consensus of a way to go?? It is colorful, but I don't want a ruined paperweight under the hood..
Thanks all J

 

Remove the spark plugs before turning it over.

 

If you are concerned about possible water in a cylinder, remove the spark plugs and spin the engine over. That way if there is anything in a cylinder, it can escape through the spark plug hole and not damage the motor.
I would be very concerned if I found seven quarts of water in the oil pan! Where did it come from? I would find the source of the water in the pan before I would think about turning the engine over.

 

I didn't find 7 quarts of water, I found 5 quarts of oil and at most 2 quarts of water(a guess, didn't measure it), fell out first of course as it's heaviest/ densest in the well of the pan. Just me washing around (inside and out) got a little carried away. I figure a couple turns with the starter opening up the exhaust valves should drain it out through the manifold, already drilled a small hole in the muffler at the lowest point to be sealed with a good sheet metal screw. Hence not just "powering it up", then again I'm not sure anything is in the cylinders, I didn't flush directly into the intakes when the manifold was off, just some water through the EGR ports and piping around the rear of the head etc. But figure at least one intake valve was open somewhere. Just looking for a consensus, no problems expected, just wondering if I perhaps overlooked something. Don't want to leave it sitting for any rust to set in.. Thankz again

 

Just to be on the safe side, I would pull the spark plugs and spin it over before cranking it.

 

Thanks, washed a Toro lawnmower inside and out one, no ill effects, but this isn't a lawnmower and I didn't work on it since March

 

Your just supposed to wash the engine parts Not the completed Engine in the Dish washer.

Just How did you fit it in ??

 

No issue whatsoever, but did discover a finicky starter, specifically the solenoid. Time to open it up and solder some pennies in there..Thanks all

 

Make sure those pennies are pre-1982.

Pennies since then are only copper flashed zinc.

 

I did this on an 82 Tercel back when I worked at Qualcomm your PCS CDMA cell phone phonemaker. The wear in the contact disk was precisely the size of a penny, times 2, drove it for another 4 years, never a problem, but requires a big soldering iron!!