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Re: Collective: How to break-in your engine thread
USE THE SUBFORUMS!
Kevin has a pretty good writeup somewhere, have you searched? IIRC, the break in procedure is something like as follows:
Changing oil:
Let it come up to normal operating temp idling
After like 5 miles
50 miles,
100,
200,
500,
1000,
2000,
then every 2500-3000 after that.
Also, IIRC you are supposed to take it easy for the first like 200 miles or so, then you are supposed to run it on normal boost and drive it like you stole it for the rest of the break in. Magnets are a good idea too I think, just you should drop the oil pan to clean off the metal so that incase the magnet gets off sometime else you wont have a bunch of metal shavings floating around everywhere.
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Build on hold until I get a good paying job, either in school or once I get out. At that time a full tear down and complete rebuild should be in order.
The Purple People Eater will ride again... January 2011 can't come soon enough.
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