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1. Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: knuckledragger@kcweb.net; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 16:02:58 -0500; Jim Crider, or anyone else who works at Chrysler or any other small car manufacturer, I've got a request of you. Could you find out for me how the factory breaks-in brand new engines, especially smal; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00309.html (7,838 bytes)
2. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: Gary Spray <gspray@cjnetworks.com>; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:23:03 -0500; Easy? You're supposed to take it easy? After our Miata suffered catastrophic crankshaft failure in 1999 I put in a new long block from Mazda Competition Parts and told the wife:"Don't drive it below; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00312.html (8,735 bytes)
3. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: Hottvr@aol.com; Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 23:21:42 EDT; Interesting??? I've wondered about break in on a new engine too. Heres a (Not to start another Team.Nuts bitchfest) though. I have had a couple of engines built since I started in 1998. Both where do; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00314.html (7,582 bytes)
4. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: "James A. Crider" <autojim@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 20:39:59 -0400; Eric Der Knuckledragger typed thusly: Just about every mass-produced engine goes through "cold test" and "hot test" at the engine plant before being delivered to the assembly plant (which is often in; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00325.html (11,686 bytes)
5. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: Louis Gallinaro <wickedlou9@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:09:27 -0700 (PDT); Just a little aside. Not sure wether it's true or not. But When I went with my girlfriend to pick up her 2000 Olds Alero, the guy told us that the engine did not require a break in period, because th; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00328.html (7,346 bytes)
6. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: Stan Whitney <dp25sdw@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 07:06:13 -0700 (PDT); I'd only add some runs to redline at low loads (1st or 2nd gear) after fully warm (like 20-30min. running) to let the 'whirly bits' run against each other at those speeds briefly. I did that with my; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00329.html (14,092 bytes)
7. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: "James A. Crider" <autojim@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:03:16 -0400; He was full of it. An engine plant hot test is maybe 10 minutes, tops. Some high-end stuff (Porsche 911 Turbo, Ferrari, Lamborghini) are run-in longer, but anything made by The General is going to be; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00340.html (7,845 bytes)
8. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: "James A. Crider" <autojim@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:50:55 -0400; FWIW, I won't argue with this, although I'd suggest doing it toward the tail end of the break-in period, not straight off. I might have done that once or twice with both the Probe and the Cobra, in f; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00344.html (8,525 bytes)
9. Re: Engine break-in. (score: 1): Author: Matthew Carson <mcars@vt.edu>; Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 21:58:13 -0400; I can confirm what Jim says here. My job at GM was end of line testing for assembly plants. The engine wasn't run for long at the engine plant, and we put about two or three miles on it at the assem; /html/autox/2001-05/msg00387.html (8,398 bytes)

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