TheoBRodman
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I asked some of this same question just the other day, but I provided incorrect model information (a number I got from the top of the engine). I now know that this was not the serial number, so the one response I got may also be incorrect. Let me try this again with the correct serial number.
The engine I am looking at has serial number BZBD-1000977 on the stern plate. That same plate indicates BF115A in the lower right corner. The engine cover on this engine indicates 130 hp, so I am assuming that the cover came from some other engine somewhere along the way. The owner seems to think that this engine is from somewhere around 2000-2002, although he doesn't really know (and neither do I). Any way to tell?
1. Is this engine serial number in the range of those that were recalled back in the day by Honda for known head / block cracking problems?
2. Looking in at the front surface of the engine, I see a bolt which appears to have been welded in, with a really sloppy application of red RTV sealant then applied all around it. Oil seeps out from this location at higher RPM, although the engine seems to run fine and the panel oil pressure light is steady green. Owner checks oil regularly and adds a little as necessary. I'm not a mechanic --- I wish I could more precisely explain the location of this (apparently welded in) bolt to better ask why someone might have welded it in (and then slopped what seems to be RTV sealant all around the outside of it)???
3. How / why would Honda have bothered to produce both a 115 and a 130 hp engine in the first place? It seems to me that they are so close in both weight and hp that it just makes very little sense to produce or offer two engines in that hp range with only 15 hp difference. What am I missing here?
Informed answers and thoughts on the above questions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
The engine I am looking at has serial number BZBD-1000977 on the stern plate. That same plate indicates BF115A in the lower right corner. The engine cover on this engine indicates 130 hp, so I am assuming that the cover came from some other engine somewhere along the way. The owner seems to think that this engine is from somewhere around 2000-2002, although he doesn't really know (and neither do I). Any way to tell?
1. Is this engine serial number in the range of those that were recalled back in the day by Honda for known head / block cracking problems?
2. Looking in at the front surface of the engine, I see a bolt which appears to have been welded in, with a really sloppy application of red RTV sealant then applied all around it. Oil seeps out from this location at higher RPM, although the engine seems to run fine and the panel oil pressure light is steady green. Owner checks oil regularly and adds a little as necessary. I'm not a mechanic --- I wish I could more precisely explain the location of this (apparently welded in) bolt to better ask why someone might have welded it in (and then slopped what seems to be RTV sealant all around the outside of it)???
3. How / why would Honda have bothered to produce both a 115 and a 130 hp engine in the first place? It seems to me that they are so close in both weight and hp that it just makes very little sense to produce or offer two engines in that hp range with only 15 hp difference. What am I missing here?
Informed answers and thoughts on the above questions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.