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Old 07-18-2020, 03:26 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by s346k View Post
it takes far more than 500 miles to "break in" an engine. closer to 10k miles before it is 100%. evidenced by those who closely track performance, oil consumption etc. as mileage goes up, so does power and inversely oil use goes down. take big trucks for example, it takes 80k miles before they are "broken in". those engines don't have a restricted use parameter despite making 2k ft lb of tq and very high temperatures.

and since when did anyone trust an engineer? lol
Oil use goes down over time?????

Whatever your credentials are on this topic just went out the window with that statement.

Where did you learn about engines? University of American Samoa??
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