Chances are you are SOL, but depends from whom you bought it. Contact seller and find out. Look these engine are the cheapest around (less then $200.00 bucks) The Chinese make these engines...and that should tell you about their quality control, or should I say LACK of. Look at how many products they make that KILL's people. They don't give a rat's azz. To name a few...Baby formula, toothpaste, schit (sheet) rock, and the list goes on.