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> Engine break-in after initial run
Cevan
post May 17 2010, 12:19 PM
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I've searched here and at other sites for engine break-in procedures. I've done the cam break-in and the motor is now in the car with fresh 20-50 Brad Penn and a new oil filter. Valves have been checked. Fingers crossed.

From what I've gathered, most recommend warming up the engine and then doing a series of fairly hard accelerations under load followed by de-accelerations to help seat the rings, and in between, no sustained rpm driving. Some go as far as recommending you drive it like you stole it and others (Aircooled.net) say drive it easy for the first 100 miles.

I also tried to determine when best to change the oil. Do I need to change it at 100 miles and then again at 500 miles (and then every 3000 miles thereafter)?
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post May 17 2010, 07:36 PM
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So close. Couldn't get the damn thing to fire. Pulled a hose off one of the carbs. Run the fuel pump. No fuel. Hmmmm. I figure it's gotta be between the pump and the carbs. Pinched fuel line under the tank?

So I pull up the passenger side of the tank and see that the line is pinched like you'd pinch a garden hose to stop the flow. Whew! I see that I installed the fuel outlets pointing the wrong way. I undo the pinch and drop the tank enough to get the fuel to the outlet and it fires right up. Yes!

Anyways, siphoned enough gas to be able to turn the outlet 180 degrees and put everything back together. Now it's 9pm. Tomorrow morning I hope to take it for a good romp.

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