RE: DLE-20 fried a piston...
Thanks for all the responses... With regard to the missing oil, NOI did not forget the oil and I checked that as soon as I got home. I use Pennzoil 2-cycle air-cooled engine oil 32-1 ratio. I have five DLE engines and I use the same gas/oil mixture for all. I should point out that I am a mechanical engineer and I have rebuilt car engines and numerous small2 and 4 stroke enginesover the years.It is very possible that the metalic plating was improperly applied thus the premature failure.With regard to buying the parts from other than Tower,Icontactedseveral hobby dealersthat carry the DLE 20 andnoone had the parts.I would name the dealers but that would not be appropriate as they all stated the parts Ineeded was on order from China. Normally, eBay has these parts also but not this time which leads me to believe there has been a high demand?
No need for additional comments other thanif anyonehas experienced the same problem with the DLE 20?