Originally Posted by
grizz1
Interesting with the wrist pins. I have never heard of any problems before.
I always slop lots of after run oil on anything new going into the motor. It takes a little time for the oil/fuel to fully penetrate something like the fine space between the pin and the rod bushing. If it's running dry for that initial period until the oil gets in there, you could be putting 5 hours wear on it in 30 sec when you fire it up for the first time. Same reason I strip down a new motor and lube everything then re-assemble before firing it up for the first time. Otherwise it's like starting up a brand new full sized car engine, waiting till it's running and then filling it with oil !!! (not quite the same, but you get the point).
BigMatt - let us know how those new pins and clips go mate.
I've been doing this a while now and like I said before, I didn't have any issues when I bought the 5pt new until I had several gallons on it and it just wore out. Since then I've put 2 new P/S/R sets in it and both have failed under a gallon. I haven't changed the way I break my motors in (Heat Cycle Method) and every other motor I have has had 0 issues. I would have to say that if you put fuel into the motor before firing it up it should get oil by the time it actually fires. Especially at rich settings and High oil content fuel. I'm running a P5XS that I broke in the same week and it's my main motor now. Got the 7 port in my other buggy and I'll run it till it blows. Then I'll stick my C6L2G in and continue on with racing and not worrying about the motors puking in the main. I was a Believer.