-whitey-

i just got a savage xss and i built no i just need to break in the engine but it well below 0 out i ran two tanks through it in my garage by putting tube on the pipe and running it outside but is there a method that i could use to break in my engine completely without bringing it outside?

benzzyo5

really there's no other way, unless u ask walmart to break te truck in the store........lol. if u know sombody that owns a ware house. my dad knew sombody and i broke in my fist nitro there

-whitey-

how much damage will it do i break it in out side in the cold?

benzzyo5

as long as u keep the temp up your fine, put tin foil around the head and put a sock around, pre-heat the engine to about 190-200, then start it up, and try ti keep the temps abouve 190,

kurtf5

I partially ran my other car in in my conservatory with the door slightly open. Well to be fair i only really started it there and left on idle for about 5 minutes before taking it outside. Man the echos from the engine in a conservatory are LOUD!

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http://www.johnnycoolguy.com/JCGR/ma..._break-in.html

-whitey-

i just broke in the engine it went fine.

benzzyo5

good to hear, still go easy on the engine for the first gallon, i usually do, then about a gallon it will wake up then u could drive it hard

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That's some good advice, thanks benz.

benzzyo5

yup, also alwys put the piston at bottom dead center when it's not in use

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Right on, is there an easy way to tell without taking the plug off?

benzzyo5

what i do it, take off the exhaust amnifold. look into the port put the piston at BDC then i make a mark on the fly wheele that indicatesd the bottom. so everytie i'm done i rotate the fly wheele in the same posistion, and mark the wheele with a sharpie, so u can see it.

-whitey-

u can also do it by feeling the pressure point .

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Ha, good idea...

benzzyo5

thanks i do it like this so u can get the very bottom, it's confusing to explain but it works pretty easy

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I understood completely. This should help a bit too.

benzzyo5

yup thats exactly how i have mine facing the exhaust, u might want to make it a little wider, because as soon as i shut my engin down i put it at BDC, it makes it easer to se if youtr out side or somthing

randy12

i would break it in outside but wrapp the engine head in aluminum foil and heat up the engine with somthing like a hair dryer ask people about heat cycling for your engine it is the new break-in method

benzzyo5

http://johnnycoolguy.com/JCGR/main/tech_break-in.html

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Ya, thanks..I used that method.