[Healeys] Oil

[i erbs]

I always drove gently for first 100 miles changing rpms and speed, changed
oil, then continued to drive and change oil again at 500 miles. Varying
speed and RPM. Not sure why we did this, something about seating the piston
 rings.
Clearly many ways to run in a new engine

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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          BT7 engine and disk brakes

Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 10:11 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>
wrote:

>  A friend who recently past away in January that had been rebuilding
> Healey motors for over forty years told me he just gets them started and
> idles them for a while and then runs them gently for a 100 miles or so,
> changes the oil and then it's your choice how careful of a break in you
> want to do.  He said he never had a problem with them or the cams during
> break in.  Go figure.  I also have an article that says as soon as you get
> the motor started, run it at high rpm to seat the rings properly.  They are
> talking about a motorcycle, so I am not sure if applies in our case, but an
> interesting read.
> New Engine Break-in Procedure <http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm>
>
>
> [image: image] <http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm>
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> New Engine Break-in Procedure <http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm>
> When a cylinder is new or overhauled the surface of it's walls are honed
> with abrasive stones to produce a rough surface that will help wear the
> piston rings ...
> View on www.ntnoa.org <http://www.ntnoa.org/enginebreakin.htm>
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>
> Mike MacLean
>
>
> On Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:16 PM, Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Ok I'm gonna ask the question:  Who is rat 540?
> A google search under his name seems not to reveal his identity though he
> is a prolific and generous contributor on several fora.
> The article is extensive and certainly impressive and rat does go to great
> lengths to convince us of his process and conclusions.  That said it flies
> somewhat in the face of much other evidence and directs us fom one additive
> to  another.
> Thoughts????
> Best--Michael Oritt
>
> On Aug 27, 2016 12:33 AM, "Michael Salter" <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Talking of oil here is an interesting article...VERY LONG... on lifter
> wear that is opening some eyes!!!
> http://speedtalk.com/forum/ viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32471
> <http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32471>
>
> Certainly has me wondering...
> M
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> We never talk about oil, so ....
>
> Anybody use this stuff?
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Kendall -1057267-Performance-20W-50-
> Titanium/dp/B004RNSO2M
> <https://www.amazon.com/Kendall-1057267-Performance-20W-50-Titanium/dp/B004RNSO2M>
>
> This is the best price I've seen on (I assume it's) decent 20W-50 (and I
> just bought 3 cases of Valvoline @ $4.99/qt + shipping).
>
> Bob
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