Originally Posted by
tony montana
I let it idle a tank or so, Then heay cycled it every few minutes, got it up to temp and shut it down. Let it cool and fired it backup. os wants the user to run a gallon of fuel for break in, thats crazy, I have seen guys skip break in on other engines and go right to race tune with good resukts
Risking the posibility of opening up a huge can of worms by suggesting one method of running in a motor is better than another I will just say that I also used the heat cycling method and the engine performed like a dream.
It seems the idling of a tank or so is no longer required, now even the OS manual doesn't even suggest idling a tank through.
I would suggest anyone about to run in a motor is to find out as much information they can and to go with the method that makes sense to them. I use the heat cycling method as described in this link if anyone is interested.
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http://www.johnnycoolguy.com/JCGR/ma..._break-in.html)
Something I think everyone agrees on is to never over-rev, over-load or over-heat the engine during the run in period.
Cheers.......Dave
