rolling road

[preston420]

Run it soft for 3k? wtf? A sure fire way to have a slow engine! :P

shows wot u really no then mate

[schakal]

:D

[MAXIBOY]

right..if the cams are new..

need to remove plugs and spin it over until the oil pressure light goes out..
refit plugs and start the car and run for 20 mins at 2000/3000rpm to harden the cams off....stop check levels etc..

don't allow it to idle at all in the first twenty minutes.

then drive the first hundred or so miles with as much engine braking as possible to encourage the rings to bed in..

then after that maybe 400 miles to let in run in change the oil and filter.

job done..

[number1]

Run it soft for 3k? wtf? A sure fire way to have a slow engine! :P

shows wot u really no then mate

I really wouldnt mother it around for 3000 miles, you need to load the engine up to get the rings bed in, im not saying Redline thrash, but you need to use a bit of load in order to get them to bed in nice, coasting down is a bad idea, as maxiboy said, use engine braking,

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

This site explains it a little clearer

[Laine_16v]

Run it soft for 3k? wtf? A sure fire way to have a slow engine! :P

shows wot u really no then mate

lmao sorry?

The rings will have bedded in after 50-100 miles, the cams you work harden for 20 minutes on initial start up.

What else is there to bed in?! Driving it slow is a great way to glaze the bores of a new engine.

Ask craig ffs, he builds the things for a living.

[Laine_16v]

If you nammy pammy it around on new rings, it'll start burning oil aswell, just ask matteh ;) xxx

[preston420]

i see where your coming from and iv had a good look into it. wasnt going to go lightly on it too much but i no not to hammer it to death im going to give it a good run in by driving it to work for a couple of weeks from leicester to nottingham so shd be ok by the time everything is set and running nice, just have to see in time still waiting on a few bits that renault are taking the piss about but shud be up and running again soon