<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Michael,</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">What kind of oil are you using? If it is synthetic the rings most likely will never seat. I use a good grade of petroleum oil for the first 1K miles. Limiting the rpm to 3 K for the first couple hundred miles. Then slowly go to higher rpm for the remainder. Now I do break in's for longevity so there will be other preferred methods.<br><br><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bob Kitterer</span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">2013 Miata</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pay it Forward</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; font-size: 13pt;">Thanks Frank</span><br><br></div></div><div><br>On Nov 2, 2015, at 7:46 AM, Michael Rowe via Spridgets <<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div><font face="Arial">I find variations in the advice on breaking in a new
1275 engine. Is there one place where all agree on how to do it?
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<div><font face="Arial">What should be done if the rings do not seat
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