Originally posted by GlennCauley
Hi BaxterC,
There are a lot of different opinions as to how to properly break in an engine... almost as many opinions as there are people you ask!
I have tried the slow break-in, idle-through-tanks method, and it resulted in slow engines. I have tried the "break it in the way you will race it" method, and it resulted in very strong, fast engines.
Here is a very good posting about engine break-in:
http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthre...WOT#post811370
Idling a new engine through a tank or two is useless and does nothing to break it in. In fact, it is very damaging to the engine since it results in premature piston/sleeve wear because the engine does not get up to operating temperature.
Hope this helps.
Hi there, Thank you for this... I will update my break in cycle then I think... Thank you for the update. I know that heat cycling is VERY important, but I didn't realise that the speed was also a big thing. Thank you.