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Cam bearings often have to be align bored/honed after install. Not an at home task.

When I assemble an engine I like to coat the bearings and piston skirts with assembly lube. Gives a little extra protection at start up. I usually just wipe a thin coat of oil on the rings. No assembly lube on those.

In my opinion you got reamed. Throwing an engine together with no gaskets, a clogged air filter, and gobs of RTV is a far cry from being a competent rebuild. If you are happy with it then great but I would feel cheated. FYI, be mindful that those gobs of RTV can get into oil and water passages...

The only engines I've ever seen with a crankcase vacuum either had a vacuum pump or exhaust scavenging system plumed to the valve cover. I haven't seen either on these engines. How an internal combustion engine can produce vacuum in the crankcase without one of these systems escapes me. The TM...

Possible the valve stuck in the guide? I would pull the springs and make sure they all slide in the guides as they should.

I ran a pressure and volume test on my Airtex E1074 just out of curiosity. The dead head pressure was 6 PSI and volume was ¼ gal in 60 seconds = 32 ounces per min = 15 GPH. I have loaded my unit to 50 amps with no problem and run it for two hours at 40 amps every month in addition to 50+ hours...

6 psi is within specs. My 803 runs fine under full load at 6 psi fuel pressure.

I am not a generator specialist but from a mechanic point of view I probably would run at 50 percent for 10 hours or so then maybe 75 for another 10. That said, it's probably covered in one of the manuals.

I would NEVER run a "newly rebuilt" engine at 100% load to start with.