i posted this in another area, and i realize it was the wrong place to post it, so i am re-posting it here, i just didn't think of the mechlab as being front end.
sorry about the error.
this is a bug report and not a request for reimbursement.
since my first post about this i have "done the grind" and put together the cash to buy the engine i wanted.
this is to let someone know about a problem and not a complaint.
all this was done on the same mech i had the XL engine installed in before i started this chain of events.
it's the only mech i own and can modify.
took my XL 150 engine out and it did not show in the list of items available in the mechlab.
the XL engine was removed from the mech.
i did not have the money i would have if it somehow had been sold in the process of removal.
i had not tried to sell it before removing it.
it was not available to try to sell it after removing it from the mech.
i was going to sell it and upgrade to a more powerful XL engine since i had enough cash that with the sale of the current XL engine i would have enough to do this.
things i tried as work arounds;
i still had the stock engine in the inventory.
so i put it back in and saved the mech.
the XL engine was not in the mechlab after that.
i exited the game and came back in and the XL engine was not in the inventory.
i rebooted windows and came back in and the XL engine was not in the inventory.
or did i just not get the memo that told everyone that XL engines vanish on removal.
so i'll run with the stock engine for a while as i wait for a response to this.
Edited by Hinder, 24 February 2013 - 09:29 PM.