I'm pretty new to this hobbie. I started about 8 years ago with little help, crashed a lot and quit. I have recently started again with an Avistar with an OS .40 LA. I had six take offs and landings, solo, before the inevitable.

I did the normal inverted pull up instead of down, and you all know what happened after that. Anyway, I crashed in a vacant field that had recently been plowed(actually broke the fall a little). My question is that both the screw hole in the spinner were full of dirt, the engine has dirt on it(sticking to oil and fuel) and the carb has no filter. I am awaiting parts and was wondering if a little dirt in the carb will automatically destroy my engine, or if there is some chance it will be ok, or what? The hole in the carb is definitely not full of dirt, in fact I can't even see anything in there, but some had to have gotten in. Should I bother with this engine or should I get a new one?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.

BTW, I have learned so much from reading posts on this website. It is an invaluable resource. Thank you.