DF140 Rust

[bakalisk]

The attached picture is from an used DF140 engine that I'm looking to buy. Somehow the inside has salt from water splashes/drops and all metal parts are rusty. The fuel filter (not showing in the picture) seems also rusted. Is this picture normal or is there a posibility that the engine was under water or a water hose was damaged ?
df140 rust.jpg

[RyBread]

my 2 cents: I have a 2009 DF175 with about 500 hours, on Long Island Sound NY and mine does not have any corrosion like that.

[RyBread]

there is a similar existing post titled "2003 DF140s Corrosion all over engine, what do yall think."

[Harper]

I wouldn't consider that motor. Might have been submerged, but even if not, it wasn't cared for very well. You'd just be buying someone else's neglect.

[catacom225]

Run! If thats what the outside looks like imagine the inside

[Hoosmatroos]

Run forest, run!