[Healeys] Cam break in

Austin Healey pajtamuvek at gmail.com
Mon Sep 23 09:21:58 MDT 2013


Dont worry, i will be ok.

Gergo


2013/9/23 Richard J. Hockert <rjhco at att.net>

> Break it in with the burnout.......
>
> Don't worry about it.
>
> Best regards,
> Jim Hockert
> Dallas, TX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Stephen Hutchings
> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:42 AM
> To: Healey
> Subject: [Healeys] Cam break in
>
> I've just reached a biy of a milestone myself, in that I fired up the
> engine
> for the first time in six years, particularly to break in my new cam. I was
> following the procedure of taking the engine to 2000rpm and keeping it
> there
> for twenty minutes (the rest of the engine is already run in, long
> story)...but I developed a nasty coolant leak and had to shut it down after
> about ten minutes.
> I think I've sorted the leak, but I'm wondering now whether I should start
> it up and do the remaining ten minutes.
> The procedure described by Elgin cams can be hard to follow, because after
> all that time, with newly rebuilt carbs, etc. it doesn't exactly snap to
> 2000 rpm and stay there, there is a certain amount of fettling required!
> Once this is done I'm relying on an oil change to flush away the special
> cam
> break in lube.
>
> Stephen, BJ8
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