RE: [alfa]Proper engine break in

["Colli, Anthony G" <Anthony.Colli@xxxxxxx>]

>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.

I remember buying brand new replacement engines from B*W in the
eighties. They would come with dirty exhaust ports and traces of coolant
in the thermostat housing, implying they had been run some.


-Anthony
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