Re: towing W/new engine

[Kurt McDowell <gmcd@domain.elided>]

Dan
75000 miles! It will take me a year to do that! I faintly rember that
disscusion.
I'm going to assume that 1500 miles will be enough for light-duty trailer
towing(2500lbs at slow
speeds) I'm sure that when a 2&1/2 ton IH truck gets a rebuild they dont
wait 75000 miles
To start using it. The IH book talks about babying it for the first 500 and
1000 miles.
Thanks for the tip Dan.
Grant

Daniel Nees wrote:

> Kurt, The long standing rule of thumb from Hofs himself, is that the IH
> V8, and I4 too, don't fully break-in until around 50-75000 miles! This
> is when the rings fully seat. Hofs is playing in the desert so he isn't
> here to tell this the right way, but; it was something about how the
> exaust pipe looks. If the pipe residue is white then the rings have
> fully seated.
>
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