2 rod failures, synthetic oil the cause?
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Anyone ever try Mil-L-23699 Military oil in a small engine? Had a friend that used it in his datsun pickup and wife's car. Would use used oil from our H-3 helicopter that had 400hours on the oil and run it for 40,000 miles before changing it and it would come out as clean as it went in. If i could get my hands on some now I would run it in all my motors.
No I've been so busy with other projects and school I haven't touched the bikes since the race. I'm flying out Wednesday to SEMA and won't be back until Saturday night and we have a big car weekend the following weekend, so it will be a while before I can pull them apart to check the damage.
I did see on 4cycle a guy is building a steel rod for the big block Honda that will be released soon, I may hold out for one of those before putting it back together.
I did see on 4cycle a guy is building a steel rod for the big block Honda that will be released soon, I may hold out for one of those before putting it back together.
Thanks Oldschool! I don't know of any steel connecting rods available for the GX200 but I know of two steel connecting rods available for the GX390. Honda makes a steel "tractor" rod for the GX390 (I can supply this for $120) and Jeff Mackay makes a billet chromemoly steel rod for the GX390 (about $275). Jeff Mackay can be reached at (217)498-8250. I hear that even the Honda steel rod is holding up great in kart racing. If somebody needs the Honda rod let me know soon as I am about to place an order for more Honda parts.
Tim
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This is hard to believe. We have run loads of clones in our backyard cart racing days. We used to run Mobil1 full synthetic. After blueing many a crank and rod bearing we discovered royal purple. Never EVER have anymore problems. This isn't scientific testing or dyno testing this is beating the balls off of engines that are covered in mud and overheating all the time testing.
A few years ago i worked at Exon in Beaumount Tx. as a I/E contractor. This was right after Ike put them 10' under water. The plant manager told everyone that we had to get the plant back up and runing as quick as we can. He said there plant is the only one in the world that makes synthetic oil. It does not matter what name,or who's name is on the bottle, the color, or the band name. He said if it says synthetic oil on the bottle, It came from Exon in Beaumount TX.
