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On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 20:15, brian b wrote: > I am having a rebuilt 1600 longbloack installed in my > 68 sqaureback, the company provides a warranty if you > have the 300 and 1000 valve job, oil change etc done > at the shop. I have heard you want to keep the MPH > below 50 for the first 500 miles. Just wanted to know > if anyone has advice on the best and of course, the > proper way to break in a new rebuilt. Any advice would > be great, since I want to enjoy this new engine and > the car for many years to come. Best advice I can give after rebuilding 100's of VW air cooled engines, Don't over work it, don't overheat it, don't over rev it. Get the valves adjusted at 300 miles, and again at 1000 miles. Then every 3000 miles after that. Learn to do the valve adjustment yourself. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org