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Old 03-01-2011 | 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Roelof
The funny thing is that the sleeve has a lot of dark spots what gives me the idea you have runned a fuel with castor oil but the piston is compleetly blank. Or you have runned a bad fuel or you had a very tight pinch.

I have a goal to replace the rod before 5 liter of use, for sure when it had a tight pinch for a long time.
thanks for the inputs.

funny thing is I had ordered a r7 conrod and intended to replace it... but never got around to it.

I now have a very dirty paper weight... not worth rebuilding given that the piston/sleeve/conrod set is almost 75% of the cost of a new engine. *sigh*
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