Posting this on every Mopar board does not make the OP right.
FACT: You bought an engine that had been built long ago by someone else.
FACT: You obviously do not have the tools or skill to build an engine yourself so you had to rely on someone else to assess the quality of the build.
FACT: Rick admitted that he did not build the engine.
FACT: You did a poor job of inspecting a used engine.
FACT: The engine sat for years but you decided to paint it and run it anyway.
FACT: New engines get by with synthetic oil because they run tighter clearances for the piston, have thinner rings and have tighter ring gaps. Older style engines and synthetic oil is a crapshoot as to how well the rings will seat.
FACT: People that do not understand something often feel that they were "cheated" when something goes wrong.
FACT: Unless you saw the engine run, you do not know exactly how well it will run, no matter WHO built it.
This is a sad attempt on your part to cover your own mistake. YOU should have done a better job inspecting the engine.
