New engine....link>>> http://enya-engine.com/180XGS_E.html

Gas with Glow plug ignition?

Is this another Enya that we'll never see like the other one?

Kind of fits with the e85 test. They quote a "special Lubricant" Iwonder if this provides the means to ignite via a glow plug, again a :special plug". Interesting, but little details on the web site.

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Well, there is a seller on fleabay who claims he has two for sale right now.

That is one ugly engine. Not like most Enya engines.

If they can make the process work using just a special, not too expensive and a long lived glow plug, it will change the hobby as we know it - for the better. Or, if the special oil is needed, but is no more expensive for the same quantity as other gasoline/petrol miscible contemporary high quality two-stroke oils offered by other companies, it could still have one heck of a positive influence upon our hobby. Let's hope that it is one of the two.


Ed Cregger

E85 is not very common in this area. There's a couple places to get it in a neighboring town. Then you have to go about 60 mi to find it.

Ed, I have fondeled the glow version of that engine at Toledo, it ain't ugly by any stretch.

This is the same engine that's been talked about in other threads for a few months now. There is no mention of E85 at all. What are we talking about?

That looks like the glow version. Gas has larger heat sink type head for the extra heat developed by gasoline combustion.

Enya 1.80, this may be a clearer picture for Ed.

I must have missed something here. Who is talking about E85 in relation to the new Enya engine?


Ed Cregger

It looks like it ate a couple of boxes of Dunkin Doughnuts

it doesn't make sense that Japan would be using ethanol in their gasoline fuels. They don't have land to devote to growing plants to make ethanol. They would have to import ethanol which would be expensive to do and make their gasoline even more expensive than it already is.

I beleive Enya added something to their special oil they require you to use in the engines. That is probably why it works with their special Enya glow plug. The glow plug may be a special one too.

The Japanese companies have made many engines that never really got exported to other countries. Heck I remember way back, circa 1975, when I was in the military and when I was in Japan and Okinawa, I bought several Japanese engines that never were sold in the USA. We were flying airplanes, running RC cars and airboats at the time. After coming back to the USA I discovered the engines were never sold over here. None of mine looked like or were compatible with what we had in the USA.

I wish someone from Enya would release some more information concerning this engine, the glow plug and the oil. It really has me curious.


Ed Cregger

Hi, Dave.

A friend of mine has the older glow version of this engine and he likes it a lot.

When I said ugly, I meant that the cylinder looks too small for the crankcase.


Ed Cregger

New Enya gas photo....now it is getting close to release time. I hope! Capt,n

It looks to me like the "Ugly" one above is a picture of a photo, and hence has a strange view, while the second one is the orginal image?
Notice how the shadows are the same, pretty hard to duplicate...

Frankly, I never decided upon buying or not buying based upon appearance alone. If the engine doesn't have some merit, I don't care how attractive it is - I won't usually buy it. I haven't met a German, Italian, British or Japanese engine yet that did not have sufficient merit for a purchase. Of course, there are many engines that have either been produced, or are currently being produced that I haven't seen, ran or fondled. So I'm far from being optionless.

Don't mind me. We're under a tornado watch here in northwest Georgia. Low air pressure does a number on my head. The cats don't care for it either. Just two more hours to go and they'll lift the watch. But it comes back later tonight.


Ed Cregger

Well, I was more thinking that the one on ebay showing a picture of a photo may well be a scam...

On the other hand I cannot see any difference from the regular 180X;

In these two photos, look at how much deeper the head is on the engine on the right versus the engine on the left. That's what I was talking about. It just looks too short on the left engine.


Ed Cregger

Mr. Cox, my picture is straight from the Enya Direct site found in the Engine Catalog portion. I simply right clicked it and saved it. Somtimes when you do that they won't enlarge much when clicked on here but this one does.


https://cs206.xbit.jp/~w041133/store...roducts_id=275

Yes, I don't have a problem with that picture. But Kmot posted a picture (ugly looking) of an item on ebay, and it appears strange to me that some one would not take a real picture of the engine if they indeed had one.

You make an excellent point, although I have been lazy enough to proffer a picture of a picture, at various times. However, nothing as ugly as the one shown here.


Ed Cregger

People on Flea Bay try to post bad over exposed pictures to hide things.

Yep, and I have fallen for it several times. Live and learn, I suppose.


Ed Cregger