Well, there's a first for everything - and this was my first used engine. I took it apart for piece of mind. I'm happy with what Ive found. The engine looks to be in excellent condition so far. Ill be running it this weekend and expect it to do well. I post a lot of questions on rcu - thanks for the responses. They've saved me time, money and have learned a lot in the last 3 years from the experience of others.