[Jamo]

I'm going to try to be patient, but this is how threads end up going sideways...folks don't read.

Nowhere do Bill and Susan say one damn thing about loosening the valves before shipping...READ it.

Rick Lake said that.

They said the first engine had a pinhole leak in the gasket, which is what lead to the mixing of fluids.

The second engine was in the possession of the owner for 11 months before they heard of the problem...because of the lapse of time, they don't know what was done or not done to the engine during the time period (one of the things I allude to as being difficult factors to deal with in these situations since we don't know who is lying and who isn't). It was suggested that maybe the valve adjustment wasn't maintained.

I don't know whose set of facts are right...but we don't need bystanders adding facts. READ!