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If I come up with a motor with all plane bearings in the powerhead that I feel like I want to run this test on, I may try it. You are right though, Mumbles. This motor is probably not the best candidate due to the needle bearings on the big end of the rods. It is what I have right now to test on. I have a CD 12 that has a bunch of hours on it too, but it is still in line to be brought back to life. It’s nothing too special so maybe that one once it’s done. I know these 5.5s and especially the 7.5s were known for connecting rod failures due to lack of lubrication.
As for the _______ in the video blowing up the Evinrude, well, I don’t know what to say about that. That makes me angry and a little sick to see. Fortunately for him and me that wasn’t my motor and I wasn’t there. The only way full synthetic may have saved this motor is if the idiot on the tiller would have drank it first.
-Ben
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