best break-in tips
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:50 pm
If you get 100 responses, you will get 100 different answers. I have
always tended to break-in without babying the engine. I don't mean run
at 6000rpm for your 60 mile drive home.
Holding a steady speed on the highway is not good. Vary your speed
often. It's ok to run through the gears as long as you don't hold at
high RPM. Don't lug the engine; 3000-4000rpm is a happy medium. Take
it up to 60 or 70mph for a short way, then drop to 50 or so and keep
varying it.
After about 500 miles, replace the oil with whatever type you plan to
run and keep pushing it just a little more. I know of one other guy
that breaks his in even harder and has never had problems.
Remember, no sustained high RPMs.
Rod