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Old 04-13-2012 | 09:43 AM
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; "> Hi Guys.

Slight problem !

ive had my xtm 247 pro engine for about 2 weeks now and today the car just cut out at full throttle. i tried to pull it to start again and it wouldnt budge ATALL.

after taking the cooling head off and pulling the sleeve out it appears my conrod is mashed to hell.</span>
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ive ran it in all by the book on 1/2 gallon of 16% and have recently been using 20%.

any ideas and advice?

also i forgot to send off the warranty slip which i was meant to do within 10 days

HELP!</span>
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Old 04-13-2012 | 09:59 AM
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"> Hi Guys.

Slight problem !

ive had my xtm 247 pro engine for about 2 weeks now and today the car just cut out at full throttle. i tried to pull it to start again and it wouldnt budge ATALL.

after taking the cooling head off and pulling the sleeve out it appears my conrod is mashed to hell.</span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana">
ive ran it in all by the book on 1/2 gallon of 16% and have recently been using 20%.

any ideas and advice?

also i forgot to send off the warranty slip which i was meant to do within 10 days

HELP!</span>
<br type="_moz" />
Probably lack of lubrication. Running it lean and/or with synthetic oil.
Old 04-13-2012 | 10:10 AM
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ok well it has ssemed to be running fine.

surely even if it had been running too lean it would take longer than 2 weeks. thats about 6 or 8 6tank runs for me<br type="_moz" />
Old 04-13-2012 | 02:12 PM
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ok well it has ssemed to be running fine.

surely even if it had been running too lean it would take longer than 2 weeks. thats about 6 or 8 6tank runs for me<br type="_moz" />
Could have been ongoing damage to the rod bushing. Finally it could have just seized up.
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6 to 8 tanks of fuel running lean would be like draining the oil out of your car engine and driving it...especially on a fresh engine

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