Running in a rebuilt engine.

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Another week delay before the engine builder can fix their faults.
Now booked for the 17th,
My MOT due the 23rd.
And I'm booked for a rolling road power run on the 25th.(can be cancelled)

With the weather I expect in Scotland at this time of year I'm not going to have the road time between the 17th and the 23rd to do what I'd planned for running the engine in.

I guess what I'm asking is does anyone else have any ideas how I could meet my targets ?
If I was guaranteed dry days I could book Monday 19th and Tuesday 20th off but didn't want to push the engine so much so soon.

Am I being over cautious ?
What sort of mileage should I cover ?
What's the best way to do the running in ?


HEEEEELLLLP

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Bit confused now
My engine was just stripped, skimmed, checked and rebuilt with new bearings, seals and rings.
No new cam as it only has 10k miles on it.

Some say fast, some say slow, some say 1000 miles, some say 100.
Can't see how everyone could be right

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Engine builders advice was to cover 500 to 1000 miles on run in oil using A and B roads having fun without over reving it.

Sounds good to me.

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Thank you everyone.

With the builder present at start up and now knowing what to do after I'll get it done with confidence now.

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As much as I like the idea my thought was to stay close to home so if something was to go wrong I'm not far from my garage and a set of tools.

Although once she's complete and the weather has improved a tour south and then over to France is being planned.

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Richard 858 said:

roseytvr said:

Full garage setup, hydraulic scissor ramps, compressor, tools etc in Burton on Trent if you want/need it if you head South and need to check her over or fiddle after a few hundred miles

Like wise (except the scissor lift & compressor) if you get as far down as Northamptonshire.

Thanks guys

Always good to see that there are people in this world willing to open the door to their garage to help a fellow owner out.
I hope I get a chance in time to meet and personally thank everyone that has helped me along the way.
This could turn out to be quite the tour of Britain

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Maybe we should make a "In case of emergency" contact list of people happy and willing to help out if you find yourself away from home with a problem.

Area (not home address for obvious reasons), facilities and forum name.

Just a thought that could help.

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Thanks Anthony

Moving this over to here now http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...