hi guys, quick question please.

When a rebuilt engine has been dropped in and fitted, what do i need to watch out for or check for when starting it for the first time?

Anything before hand when starting it?

Any help appreciated

 

just make sure you prime oil pump and oil line to turbo, crap oil for running it in,
when i first started my car after engine rebuild, i kept it at 2k revs for
20 mins

 

The 2K for 20 mins is to run the cams in i suspect, only needed on new cams.

 

ok cool.

series 1- you mean use crap oil for running it in? What after 2 minutes? Drain it? Then use new oil?

chip-unfortunatley no new cam-run out of dosh

Is that all i need to do?

 

lots of other stuff, use cheap low grade oil to run it in for 1k miles,

i did oil change at 100 miles
one at 500 miles
then put 10w50 silkolene in at 1000 miles and got car set up,

dont o over 3 k for 100 miles and slowly work your way up to 6k or so
at 900 miles, etc, just do the maths

 

Different people run in engines in different ways

For road engines though, i act like im driving miss daisy for first 1K miles or so normally.

 

ok cheers guys