Originally Posted by
jeromerc
I still have not yet been able to make my Cody King a reliable engine. Is there anyone I can send my engine to and have it looked at? This thing has less than 1 gallon after break in and it very rarely runs a full tank before it dies. So fed up with this. I have emailed Orion customer support with NO replies, I got a reply from facebook to reply to a different email, and they didn't reply. I have a 7 port that has 7 gallons on it and it can still run 10 minutes in between fuel stops and it still has more top speed and low end grunt than the Nova and OS engines. Seriously if my Cody King was my first Orion it would have been my last. It still might be my last if I cannot get some customer service. I am not asking for a new engine, nor any free repairs if something is wrong, I just really want to know what the heck is wrong with the engine.
My biggest problem is I live in Vietnam so there are no true Orion dealers here, everything is ordered from Horizon and they tell everyone to go to the manufacturer and when the manufacturer wont step up who can we go to?? It has gotten so bad that my last race instead of even attempting to run the Cody King I threw in my Nvision bash engine and placed 3rd. Sad thing is that the Cody King while it is running it is a beast, but if it flames out every 3 to 5 minutes it isn't worth a crap. I have a new 2012 factory team 5 port that I am finishing breaking in, but if I can't get service I will sell it and go with Novarossi or Werks or Fusion as I have seen great customer support from Werks and from Huston Engines.
Once again, can someone contact me through this site as to where I can send my engine off to? From the start it would die and on my very first run after it dropped its nutz it died on the big jump causing a crash and the cooling head took a hit. From the start it hasn't ran right I just want to know why PERIOD.
Jerome,
check your engine's bearing it can be an issue with your team orion.