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Old 02-09-2005 | 10:51 PM
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Start your engine and allow it to warm up with several short ½ throttle “blips”. Once your engine has some temperature in it you can begin the break-in process. Start by opening the top end needle 1 full turn. Open the carburetor to full throttle and hold it there. Open the top end needle until the engine flames out. From here, close the top end needle ¼ turn and restart the engine again running it at full throttle. Run the engine full throttle for 3 tanks and shut the engine down.

Allow the engine to cool for 15-30 minutes. Once the engine has cooled down, run through the same process again for two additional tanks. On the third tank close the top end needle by ¼ of a turn. Instead of holding the engine at full throttle, start using the throttle by doing 2-3 second bursts of full throttle. Once you have done this for ½ of the tank close the top end needle another ¼ of a turn and continue throttling the engine. Continue closing the top end needle ¼ turn per every ½ tank of fuel. Do this until you have run a grand total of 8 tanks through your engine and then shut the engine down.
The second paragraph seems to contradict the first. It says run three full tanks at WOT with the top needle close 1/4 turn. Ok I got that. But in the next paragraph, it says repeat the process for 2 additional tanks, but on the third start blipping the throttle and doing short bursts. My thing is, shouldn't that read the 5th tank?

Also for the first 3 tanks, am I shutting my engine down between tanks to cool, or refueling while the engine is running?

Could someone explain these 2 paragraphs in a little more detail for me? Thanks.
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