Well, I'm not 100% sure what the "proper" way to break in an engine is,
but I've always known it as: baby the engine for the first 500 miles (no
hard accels, and keep the cruising speed below 70mph). As for changing
the oil, you're going to be breaking in the engine for these miles so after
the first 500, change the oil and away you go...
Seth
#1544
On 7/16/01, at 10:58 PM, GLCurley@aol.com <GLCurley@aol.com> wrote:
>
>Ok this is probably a stupid question. How many miles do you need to drive a
>rebuilt engine before you switch to regular oil? How many times do you
>change the oil and filter in the first 1000 miles? So far I think it has
>been changed two times and still has nondetergent, and only driven 230 miles.
> I am planning to use the castrol semisynthetic. Also is there any
>recomendation for how to drive, as in no hard acceleration, rpm range, etc?
>All I have heard is to take it easy for a while. Thanks.
>
>George
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