Ben showed me something today its a Egli Comet that has got a "newly rebuilt " engine but the new owner could not get it to run properly and gave it to Ben to sort. Ben said he thought the nut that retained the metering jet on the top of the timing cover looked strange as it wasn't the normal domed nut, when he undid the nut a spring popped out! then he looked at the bypass plug (bottom left) and yes it was a domed brass nut and yes inside was the metering jet! taking the cover off there were no rubber seals in the cam shaft recesses and of course looking down the meter jet hole lodged against the metering jet thread was the plunger from the oil bypass neatly sealing off the oil supply! fortunately the air line pushed it out and thankfully the engine had not been run for very long.
The engine looked immaculate from the outside...You have to wonder sometimes.
The engine looked immaculate from the outside...You have to wonder sometimes.