I bought my first bus from a friend who broke the engine in by revving it up in every gear. (His dad was a VW aficionado and owned countless 60s era VWs) The engine just loved to be taken to its redline with every shift. It was how it was born. Granted it only lasted 80K miles though... Jeffrey Olson Martin, SD On 4/13/2010 8:49 AM, Steve Williams wrote: > At 05:56 AM 4/13/2010, B Feddish wrote: >> ... I got strict break-in instructions ... that I was not to go over >> 55 MPH for quite awhile. Doesn't GoWesty have break-in instructions? > > http://gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=860 > >> Can an engine with 34 miles on it like going 85 MPH? > > While breaking in the GoWesty 2.3L in my '84 last summer, I drove 75 > mph a lot of the time. That was about as fast as I could go with the > stock transmission while staying below their recommended 4,000 RPM > limit for the first 1,000 miles. > >> For the kind of coin the GW costs you are going to want it to last >> awhile. > > I agree. On the other hand, I doubt a few experimental excursions > will cause long-term damage. > > My break-in was pretty painless. The engine never did consume a lot > of oil. The biggest inconvenience was the recommendation to vary the > speed every 10 minutes. On long drives, it can be hard to remember, > and slowing down for no apparent reason makes other drivers > unhappy. But it's no biggie. > > |
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