Right you are, Sir!

I did send it in to Horizon on a Tuesday, got a call on Thursday with the gory details. Had the engine back on a Friday. Excellent turn around!

It was a rusted rear bearing, of all things! The engine was under warranty, but I was told this was not covered. The total expense was about $45.

I use after run after every day of running, but the engine has only had about 14 runs on it since new, over 18 months old. I suspect the bearing might have had rust in it when I bought it.

I guess the thing to do is to be very aggressive with the after run oil, maybe take off the backplate and squirt inside after the season is over. Are there any best practices that you know of? Any cheap but good substitutes for after run?

FF