

| Subject: | Re: Recommended Breakin method for new engine |
| From: | Austin |
| Date: | Thu, 20 May 1999 23:48:57 -0700 |
At 06:24 AM 5/19/99 -0400, you wrote: >Vary the revs and load on the motor while keeping both at less than 70% of >maximum. NO Jack-rabbit starts, high revs, low-speed lugging, >long-sustained trips at the same speed for hours. Just varied medium duty. >Don't baby it / don't punish it. > >After about 500 miles, change the oil, have the timing checked, and drive >it however you want. > >G. Matthew Bulley The theory is that giving the engine ~3/4 throttle pushes the rings against the cylinders, helping them to seat; backing off the throttle creates enough vacuum to pull oil back up to the rings for cooling/lubrication. The best engine I've ever owned I broke in by taking a 2K trip through rolling hills on a 2 lane road. Austin
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