[FatBoy]

I don't have too much experience of this industry, but I would be interested to know how many other engine builders would have even contemplated any kind of "warranty" claim after 11 months, regardless of what the customer may have claimed.
If the 2nd engine was as badly built as DC claims, why didn't he raise that issue with SA as soon as the problem became apparent when it would have been very easy to provide credible evidence, I know I would have done?

Paul