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Generation
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15th Jan 12 at 22:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Journey when I collect car, is a good 4 hours. so plenty of time to test.
I will be doing as paul said, I think. Seems best option so far.

Will change oil soon as I get home, I expect abit of crap in the oil
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bounced the living shit out the limiter on the civic, if somethings going to let go it'll let go. Did loads of reading and thats how the yanks do it. was perfect.
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when you get repairs done on washing machines, you dont use it on half power for the first 500 washes, do you?
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spoke to the 2 head techs over at Porsche this morning and asked them about this

Their repsonse was take it easy and bed it in gently the first 500 miles always as you will get swarf floating around

they did take into the account of making it perform better if you give it death from the start, but said if its longevity you want especially after forking out for a rebuild, taking it easy is the way forward
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quote:
Originally posted by FAZ
do a burnout


Nah he'll get bant
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
when you get repairs done on washing machines, you dont use it on half power for the first 500 washes, do you?


you didnt just compare an engine on a car to a washing machine did you?
Ben G
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yes i did. im sure thousands of parts make up a washing machine.

besides, the same goes for any appliance.
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rubbish.

A washing machine consists of a drum, bearings, more recently a direct drive and a stator.

unlike a car engine which is far more complicated and nothing like a washing machine or home appliance
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comparing a washing machine to a car engine is like comparing a tin of quality street and a door bell
John
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BRB, running my microwave in.
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brb kettle rebuild
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quote:
Originally posted by BarnshaW
brb kettle rebuild


Dont take it above 45 degrees for first 500 coffees
Nic Barnes
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brb kettle rebuild


should make a thread mate. these grown adults building lego threads sat on their own seem to go down well so I'm sure kitchen appliances will appeal more to the masses
AK
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when you get repairs done on washing machines, you dont use it on half power for the first 500 washes, do you?


a washing machine costs less, doesnt use piston rings to bed in the bores, full film bearings etc etc etc

shite comparison
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yes i did. im sure thousands of parts make up a washing machine.

besides, the same goes for any appliance.


What you need is a good seal between the pistons and cylinders, the piston rings do that and stop oil getting into the combustion chamber and fuel into the sump. Give it death and they may not bed properly and the engine won't last too long.
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... too easy a run in and the same will happen. Too weak a seal.

LeeM
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Are engines run in by manufacturers before they go into cars?
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no - the technicians just spank the shit out of them on the PDI road test..
Generation
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveoBC
spoke to the 2 head techs over at Porsche this morning and asked them about this

Their repsonse was take it easy and bed it in gently the first 500 miles always as you will get swarf floating around

they did take into the account of making it perform better if you give it death from the start, but said if its longevity you want especially after forking out for a rebuild, taking it easy is the way forward


Thanks mate I appreciate the effort you went to
SteveoBC
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
quote:
Originally posted by SteveoBC
spoke to the 2 head techs over at Porsche this morning and asked them about this

Their repsonse was take it easy and bed it in gently the first 500 miles always as you will get swarf floating around

they did take into the account of making it perform better if you give it death from the start, but said if its longevity you want especially after forking out for a rebuild, taking it easy is the way forward


Thanks mate I appreciate the effort you went to


lol not a problem mate

see em' every morning in the workshop when im over there trying to find damage on cars to estimate

been on a few nights out with the techs over there, usually conversation with Gaz and Del is about the football (Del boy is a chelsea fan like me and Gaz is a Spurs boy) then just idle chit chat lol so brought this up

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