Re: [alfa]Proper engine break in

[Jon Pike <jhpike@xxxxxxx>]

Sounds good..  I've heard of  "hot test" floors where new motors get run 
for a while on assembly lines..

For my (and other's) info,  what procedures do you use?

Jon and Marcia
77 Spider

Brian Shorey wrote:


> > The Alfa reccomendation for customer break in,  where you stay under a
> >    
> > certain rpm for a certain time, used to be common in new cars,  and
> >    
> now is not.  I've wondered what exactly has changed?  Do they do bench
>  
> break in?  Different materials, or different surface prep?  
> Different philosophy?
>  
>
> This is one of those topics that comes up on the list from time to time.
>
> During one of those threads, I speculated that engine manufacturers
> today broke engines in, perhaps prior to installation, to weed out the
> bad ones and reduce the possibility that it would be done improperly in
> the customer (or dealer) hands.
>
> I had a bunch of people tell me a manufacturer wouldn't have time for
> that, but then a digester who works for an auto manufacturer confirmed
> what I had suspected - that at least some manufacturers run the engines
> through a sequence of 'tests' that also serve to perform some sort of
> break in under controlled circumstances.
>
> So, in my mind, there is a huge difference between what you can do and
> how you can drive a car with a new engine off the dealer lot, and how
> you can drive a car with a freshly rebuilt engine.
>
> YMMV, I know what's worked for me in the past and I'm not about to
> change..
>
> bs
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