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10-31-2008 | 06:16 AM

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From: Rosh-HaAyin, ISRAEL

RE: OS 55AX

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ORIGINAL: togatoga

...[Thinner] literally leeches out any oil it is in contact with including the pores of the brass bushing. It also causes damage to any plastic it is in contact with.

Your engine was literally starved of oil as castor even though a very good lubricant is rather viscous and would need some time to work in while metal to metal contact was progressively destroying the con-rod especially running at high RPM. I suspect the lubricating hole and micro pores may have been inadvertently plugged up by a mixture of varnish and gunk dissolved and hardened by thinner.

Togatoga,

The bushing bearings in the con-rod are sintered bronze, rather than brass.

You are right about the theory... However, lubricant that has been absorbed into the all the cracks in the bronze is not a participant in the lubrication process, as long as sufficient oil is present on the surfaces. It is only in borderline lubrication conditions, such as the shaft bearings of an electric motor, that the lubricant lodged there will ooze out and provide surface lubrication.

In the presence of available lubrication, the total lack of oil within the sintered bronze, will not cause metal-to-metal contact...

...And the clean appearance of the crank-pin does not hint that the big end bearing has been spun.

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