I'm pretty sure your bearings and rings are seated within the first 100 miles or so. That's my opinion, everyone has a different one.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 9:57 AM Subject: Engine break in >I just replaced the engine in my '91 with a FMII, a few weeks ago. I wanted >to check with the collective wisdom to see if 500 miles was enough for >proper break in? > > At 500 miles I'm going to do an oil change and go with Castrol SyntecBlend > oil and recheck all the bolts for tightness. > > It's a rebuilt 1.6 with all new internals, and I don't want to give it any > boost before it's ready. It was rebuilt with OEM parts, no go fast > goodies. > > I've got about 50 miles on it now, with no smoking or oil usage and I'd > like to keep it that way :^) > > Thanks, > Lloyd > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
