Originally Posted by
sschultz
Am just gonna throw my 2 cents in, Your original bearing was probably good. That seems a little pre mature for a bearing in a werks to go bad. Not saying it isn't possible, but to say a bearing is bad cause it's leaking in the first gallon would be a wrong call to me, cause it still will be rich....
I had a b2 werks engine that also had the front bearing go bad within 2 gallons. The entire front seal came off of the bearing. I agree Werks are good engines and it doesn't usually happen, but even the best have problems once in a while.