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Old 01-18-2014, 12:03 PM   #11
seningen
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Originally Posted by rp17 View Post
What gets ruined with a bad aos? Cats and what else?
You can hydro lock (fill cylinder with oil)
Which does not compress and bends the rod.

I had one engine that did that. Amazingly,
Replaced the rod and all was good.

Of course that still meant a complete rebuild of the engine since your down to the crank anyways.

Best case you kill some Mosquitos & you have to swap in a new aos

Mike

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