Running in a new engine

[V6LUXURY]

couldn't find a thread on this....

Any suggestions?

[h22a accord]

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

[dahon]

http://www.team-integra.net/sections/articles/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=389
this site gives u three methods

[CB7_OWNER]

Good Find!!!

Sounds kinda scary, and very contradictive to what many other people/ articles say.

[V6LUXURY]

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

LOL I was going to post that link in my original post!

I would prefer if someone else tried it first then posted up the results... ;)


Has anyone here tried any of these methods?

How did you break in your engines?

Any regrets/things you'd change/ recommendations?

[V6LUXURY]

as a side note.

The integra link is 6 years old.

[aaronng]

LOL I was going to post that link in my original post!

I would prefer if someone else tried it first then posted up the results... ;)


Has anyone here tried any of these methods?

How did you break in your engines?

Any regrets/things you'd change/ recommendations?

Tried it. It's good. Just follow the instructions and make sure the engine is warm before doing hard driving. Engine warm = twice the time it takes for coolant temperature to reach the middle.

[mrpsi]

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

thats a great website and is very informative on how to break in an engine.

Just need alot of load so you dont glaze your bores. e.g. up hills in low rpm

[dahon]

doesnt matter if its 6 yrs old.. its the same thing man

[aaronng]

couldn't find a thread on this....

Any suggestions?
Search harder.
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76664&highlight=breaking+engine
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8450&highlight=breaking+engine
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35753&highlight=Running+engine
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46154&highlight=running+engine

[V6LUXURY]

Search harder.
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76664&highlight=breaking+engine
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8450&highlight=breaking+engine
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35753&highlight=Running+engine
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46154&highlight=running+engine

Search function doesn't allow for any words with less than 3 letters to be included in the seach, thus making it difficult to find a topic when the word 'in" is a vital word.

The other reason I started a new thread is that the engine is brand new and includes cylinder deactivation which may or may not require a different approach to running in.

Anyway, thanks for the links :thumbsup:

[V6LUXURY]

Tried it. It's good. Just follow the instructions and make sure the engine is warm before doing hard driving. Engine warm = twice the time it takes for coolant temperature to reach the middle.

Which method did you try?

cheers,

[aaronng]

Search function doesn't allow for any words with less than 3 letters to be included in the seach, thus making it difficult to find a topic when the word 'in" is a vital word.

The other reason I started a new thread is that the engine is brand new and includes cylinder deactivation which may or may not require a different approach to running in.

Anyway, thanks for the links :thumbsup:
"In" is not really a vital word because in a thread, there will be many sentences using the word "in". So including in would mean including every thread on this forum. I searched for "running engine" and "breaking engine". Surprisingly, breaking engine didn't really show up many blown engine threads. LOL. Yeah, the 4 letter limit is troublesome. But you can get around it by adding an asterisk at the end "*".

[aaronng]

Which method did you try?

cheers,

Mototune's method. During dynodays in Melb and Sydney, I made more power than a few DC5Rs. BTW, my mods are listed below in my sig.

[ACE888]

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

I tested this method of my Jazz which I got in 2003 though, can't really say good or bad, but my car still drives fine and still responsive like usual. Even I've done 140,000kms in 5 yrs too. Will use the same breakin method once I get my new car.

However friends in WRX's have tested this method and claims that it is much better than the usual "drive it slow" break-in method.
One of their test was, under normal break-in the oil consumption / loss per 1000kms was much more than using mototune's method.


However if your a bit worried or skeptical, as what aaronng says, warm up your car sufficiently before doing so......