Originally Posted by
magbarn
Listen to Russ' advice on the conrod change. I lost a 5 port after conrod blew at around 5.5 gallons. It also didn't help that I broke in my first GO engine on the starter box without using a heatgun, therefore placing high stress on the conrod on the 1st gallon due to the crazy pinch. The good news is that I can do 2 conrod changes for about the price of one RB conrod.
What a coincidence. I had a used con rod let loose tonight at practice. In all fairness it had 5.5 gallons on it and I then used it to break in a new piston/sleeve. I knew I should've put the new one in but I went one tank too many. Oh well.
Good news is no damage to the newly broken in P/S, crank or case!
No harm no foul IMO.