Enya 80-4C: A great used find
I'm a sucker for Enya 4C engines and when I found a listing on RCU for an 80-4C I watched it carefully. For a few days I watched and pondered,; the asking price was a bit high for what it was. After about 3-4 days I submitted an offer for $30 less than asking price. Well, it was accepted. There was only 1 picture to look at in the ad so it was a bit of a gamble. I should have known better, as I have owned enough Enya engines, they are pretty indestructible. It arrived a few days ago and I took some pictures of it. Unfortunately I am at work entering this post and I do not have the pictures on hand, but I will post them tonight. It was pretty dirty on the outside and was quite hard to turn over. The carb had some damage and dings. it was also pretty badly tarnished. I completely tore the engine down and was happy to see that the top of the piston was not dark at all. After removing the exhaust valve I found that this was a fairly low time engine as there was no significant deposits on the shaft. The piston ring was free and rotated easily with little to no deposits in the ring groove. Aside from the carb damage and a ding to the intake manifold it looked pretty decent. I ordered a set of crankshaft bearings but after cleaning the residue off the rear bearing I decided to just re-install them and see how it runs. It runs pretty darn nice as the video shows. This is an engine I will be keeping for myself.