Originally Posted by
jasonhiggo
it was a great little engine but why should i have to pay to fix i used model fuel in engine so what is the prob what brand it is if u look at any engine retailer it never says u must run a certain fuel anyhow i have other engine what have run for 48plus litres and still running strong on the same fuel u should reseach the fuel yourself and have alook at i could even send u some to trial after all your engine let go cause of poor quality bearings as i have had the engine looked over by some well know engine modders in australia and 3 of them come up with the same result in fact pm me your address and ile send it back to u for testing sorry if i have ticked u off alittle ron but just speakin facts cheers jase
No worries you have not ticked me off at all, I just think that it's important that when people put up posts for the whole world to read basicaly stating that I'm not willing to support or stand behind my product that people know the entire story about what is going on. Obviously there was a little bit more than what you decided to share with everyone in your first post lol.
In any case regarding your comments believe it or not I know quite a bit about fuel including the stuff that is being made over there. I'm not the kind of guy that makes uneducated or baselles posts, when I say things they are usualy based on first hand observations, personal experience or from discussions with people who's statements/experience I know I can trust. In this specific instance it was based on a combination of these.
As far as engines not stating that you must run a specific brand of fuel that is true, none of us engine manufacturers specify that. Because we are all assuming that the product used will be a quality product with sufficient oil content to protect the engine and it's component. How this comes into play is that our bearings are lubricated by the oil which is in suspension in the fuel. Don't have enough oil or the oil is of inferior quality guess what is the first thing to go? The bearings (usualy the rear) followed shortly there after by the rod bushings and/or the piston/sleeve fit wearing completely out. In your specific case your bearing failed. I explained to you why I thought this happened, heck look at the thread on other people that have had the same issue with that brand of fuel too.
If you don't want to believe me that is fine but to go on and say that the issue was as a result of poor quality bearings is just laughable lol! The B5 uses Swiss made bearings, I'm not sure what better quality of bearings that we can use with the exception of going to ceramics (all of which that we use are also Swiss made). Trust we when I say that if the "engine experts" you talked to were correct about us using "poor quality bearings" with the amount of B5's that are out there, there would be a TON of posts on here by people having failures, instead there is just one....yours. Think about it. In any case I have no interest in getting into a bickering match with you. Again if down the road you want to repair your engine the offer stands I'll give you a deal on whatever parts you require.
Regards,
Ron