After the hassle i had rebuilding mine ended up with me buying a full recon engine its only done short trips and now with less than 70 miles on it the oil light comes on at tick over and there is something like a misfire at mid revs under load but its not ingition. Ict Carbs have been striped cleaned and re jetted, complete new ignition system including dissy on install i have checked valve gaps. so time to ring the engine supplier i think
What oil did they put in? Might need a flush out? How long have you had the engine in time rather than miles? A few months or a year or so? Dont worry these engines are tough old birds , just let them worry about it rather than you.
Have called they asked me to do a pressure test 1-10.6 bar 154psi 2-11.7bar 170psi 3-11.7bar 170psi 4-11bar 160psi Just waiting for the call back lets hope they don't try wigging out of it or leave me waiting to long we hoping to go on hols and use the thing for a change in 2 weeks
wtf? Why are they asking you to do that mate - drive it round to them and get them to do it! In fact drive it over to them now stick it on their car park!
I hear this time and time again with re-con engines. Where are they being built? Soviet Russia or Taiwan? Seriously, why can't anyone supply a reliable re-con engine these days? Is it the parts? The builders? Both? I've even heard of a couple of Laurie's going tits up recently.
It could just be one of those things, which is why if you can try to rebuild as much yourself, you care what you are doing rather than production line! The other thing is parts even expensive better quality are no where near as good as they used to be so its most likely a crappy cheap seal or something that causes havoc!
well have to take it out and send it to them complete with all ancillaries for them to test it fingers cross
See your point, but in my view building an engine that doesn't blow up in the first place is preferable...
This can also be down to the end user, or a random flaw in a component... sometimes Marmite happens, and no one has any control over it!! But that said, at least they're having a look at it and not palming you off!!
The worst aspect is the delay of course - no compensation for lost holidays etc. Though obviously you can't forsee a mechanical failure, I really do think some companies are forced by the market to rush the assembly and risk the odd return - after all, most of us will cover just a few thousand miles in 12 months, then the warrenty ends so it's not a big risk. That and working in a hovel are the only ways to be competative, they all have to choose from the same selection of parts.
