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On 22 Sep 2003 at 23:25, Mark Seaton wrote: > From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> > > > Run the engine EASY for the first few hundred miles... oil change at > 300-500 > > Will do! There seems to be a bit of a split of opinions concerning running > in though (not on this list though!). I've definitely heard that the first > few minutes are crucial and that the engine should be run hardish (2000 rpm > continuous) to bed the rings. Maybe that was just for Porsche engines > though? 2k really isn't hard at all. That's just low to medium RPM for an engine that is good to 5k. > Looking at my engine now its in pieces it all looks in remarkably good > condition. Since I know that its the original case I'm guessing that it has > been rebuilt and not that long ago. The heads are perfect and the valves are > all vw stamped. I checked the valve rock as per haynes and all the inlets > are 0.2mm (which is better than the new spec!) and the exhausts on 1&2 are > 0.35mm, and 0.55mm on 3&4. The limit according to Haynes is 0.8mm so they > are still looking good. The heads show no wear or burning and the seats are > all bright metal to metal contact. This sounds fine. I think you're okay. > I guess what I should do is get a second engine and rebuild that in my own > time to perfection and get this one back together for now as best I can in > the time I've got (has to be running next week) and do a swap as soon as the > other is ready and sort this one out properly. Yes, this is absolutely the right way to do it. Once you let yourself get in a hurry, you've lost. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org