D. Reid wrote:
For starters. Lyc and
Cont WANT you to do this...not merely for safety sake...BUT because they
want to sell you rebuild parts and componets.

I doubt it...the amount of parts you gotta put into an engine (uneless
you're going after the cylinders or something) is TINY. I suspect the
major reason is they care concerned about liability. Most of the cost
in the tear down is LABOR.