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Won't return to idle/slight oil seep...
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I did not in reality make any profit out of the Clown Loach but it did help subsides my hobby back in the day.
Small Clown Loach used to cost around £2-2.50 mark each & I would get a couple of free ones thrown in as they are so hard to count in a net. Around three years later when I had grown them on to a good five- six inches in length they would fetch a decent price (over £20 each depending on size) from Wharf Aquatics who would always buy them off me - payment was by credit note. So the cycle would repeat itself.
I did very frequent 20 % water changes using pre heated/aged water to reduce the hormone levels in the water. I was told a dominant fish secretes a hormone to reduce the growth of others in a small environment. This might be fake news - Roo would know if there is any truth in the story.
Back to the oil pump:-
A few member here have encountered oil pumps that have not had both dot marks facing outwards so it's not that unusual to find.
Mikep328:
Ah...OK. Maybe Honda didn't worry about it either! ;D
Oddjob:
So long as the dots are both on the same side Mike it's fine. IIRC the inner rotates anyway around the outer so the dot moves around the outer as it goes through it's cycle, eventually it returns to align with the outer dot then moves on again.
Mikep328:
Well, the dots are now on the same side! :)
Trigger:
This is why you can never trust the previous owner. I bought a bike once that the owner said, it has had a total engine rebuild.
After stripping the engine down, found that the piston to bore clearance was anything from 1.5 thou to 2.3 thou, two piston rings in up side down, valves not seated, primary chain knackered, primary rubbers hard as nails, spring and washer on the wrong side of the oil filter, side cover gaskets glued on with bathroom sealant and the list goes on ;)
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