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Old 01-27-2006 | 10:26 AM
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Default RE: 4-Stroking an ABC engine while break-in

Khizer,


You should also read the thread on general tapered-bore break-in, as linked below.

It is true many tapered-bore engines will sustain no real damage, perhaps even none at all, from a four-stroking, rich break-in, as Brian wrote in the thread referred to, in post #5.

But why take any chances that anything does go wrong, as 2slow2matter wrote in post #2?


A tapered-bore engine is best broken-in as described in [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Tapered%2DBore_Engine_Break%2Din_%2D_Upgraded/m_1850473/tm.htm]this RCU thread[/link].

Doing it as described there, at normal running temperature, low load and with the extra insurance of 25% oil, with added Castor, there is absolutely nothing else that can go wrong, as a result of this procedure.

And also, this type of break-in will be completed faster, with much less fuel waste.

If a new engine was assembled un-professionally, with incorrect clearances and badly manufactured parts and something is bound to fail, it will and a 'wet' break-in will not set it right anyway. So, why bother.

Just do a running temperature break-in procedure.


Original: downunder

As in when the oil can't be squeezed out fast enough by the pinch it develops enough internal pressure to compress the piston and expand the liner to maintain a clearance.
Brian,

This is not right. I personally heard a couple of tight engines, where the piston was squeaking at TDC, while they were running rich and cold. It was audible over the exhaust note.
This is what metal-to-metal contact sounds like. This happens only if the oil film was squeezed out!