Re: New engine break-in etiquette

[Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>]

On Mon, 01 May 2000 15:23:47 PDT "Craig Williams"
<roccolister@hotmail.com> writes:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Now that I have my 2 liter 16V running, I wanted to get some 
> feedback from 
> those of you in the know about the rules of breaking in a motor.
> 
> So far I've put nearly 300 miles on the motor and I've kept it under 
> 3500 
> RPM's. I changed the oil at 100 miles, too.

Good going...now change it again at 500 miles.
> 
> What I'd really like to know is how high I can wind this baby up and 
> when I 
> can do it. I'm thinking that I'll start hitting 5000 RPM's once I 
> get 500 
> miles on the motor,

After 500 miles, I would continue keeping it around 3500 RPM's while
slowly taking it up to 4500 RPM's every once in a while.

 and go for 7000+ RPM's only after I've hit 1,000 
> miles.

I wouldn't run it up to 7000 RPM's until after 3000 miles. At that time
you should consider synthetic oil.
> 
> Does that sound like a good break in schedule?

Be sure you don't keep a constant RPM like on a long trip. Always better
safe than sorry.


Eric Ellis
Good, bad....I'm the guy with the gun!

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