RE: Re: New Engine Break In

From: Ronald Wong (ron-wong@cox.net)
Date: Sun Apr 28 2002 - 00:37:12 EDT


Depends on what you mean by frequent. I changed to synthetic at the first
change. After the first change I went 4K miles between changes. I am now
using Mobil-1 and am going to push 5K miles before changing and send a
sample to Blackstone for analysis.

Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net]On Behalf Of Punch
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:31 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Re: New Engine Break In

frequent oil changes.

--
****************************************************************************
**
98 Dakota,CC,V6,Amethyst,Homebrew,DynoMax Cat-Back,3923's,Kenwood MP3
Player,BFG-KO's,Accel Ignition Coil, V8 Throttle Body, JBA Power Cables
8.5mm.

For Sale: stock air box, K&N drop in filter,

Future Mods: 3.92 LSD, Thunderforms, RT rims/Tires, Fender Flares, JBA headers, IAT Adjuster **************************************************************************** ** ""Dave"" <ded74@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:aafqcu$k6s$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > This is my first brand new high performance vehicle, and I want to make sure > I do everything right. Are there certain things I should to properly break > in the engine, things I shouldn't do? I've heard that I'll actually have > more power after the engine is broken in, one guy said around 5,000 miles, > that sound right? > > -- > Dave > Bensalem, PA > '02 R/T RC Flame Red > >



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:04:26 EDT