06-27-2006, 09:16 AM
Michowski Wrote:Mail came and I have a brand new Novarossi plus 5 engine ready to go in my truggy. Does anybody take novarossi's apart and flush them or are they really clean from the factory?
I think it's a good idea to at least take off the rear cap and blast the guts out with nitrowash, etc. I don't know about novarossi engines, but I have had an engine that ran for 10 seconds out of the box, then seized up. Turns out, a peice of flashing from the case managed to make it between the crankshaft's counterweight and the crankcase, wedging the engine stiff.
What can it hurt? I reccomend cleaning out any crap from the engine before break-in. You never know what you'll find in there. Dead fish, sunken logs, etc...