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[mbulriss]

Thanks Ron, but that information was courtesy of Moroso or one of the
piston ring manufacturers. It has always worked for me to seat new
rings near instantly after a few passes. Nearly 2,000 miles on a new
engine with no discernible oil usage seems to say it probably worked
for you also.

I'm waiting to hear the MPG after the next fill-up.

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "ronmarabito2002"
wrote:
>
> I want to give the whole group some additional information related
to
> the break-in. This recommendation came from co-moderator Mike
Bulriss
> and the Shop Foreman for Waterous.
>
> The Shop Foreman said not to allow the engine to idle for a period
> longer than 5 minutes and make the engine work. He emphasized, not
to
> take it easy. These engines like to work. When we are talking work,
> that means pulling hard.
>
> Mike said he broke in race engines by putting the car in its highest
> gear and lowest speed it would handle. Then accelerate to more than
> 70 mph and decelerate back down. Do this repeatedly. The loaded
> acceleration expands the piston and seats the rings faster.
>
> Since this is an automatic, that's harder to do, because it wants to
> downshift. Your acceleration must be just hard enough to get it to
> work but not hard enough to downshift. The real blessing of the
> return drive was the mountains and hills which gave me a great
> opportunity to make it work on all the grades. I did this routine
> from 50 mph up to 75 mph repeatedly for 1300 miles of the trip. It
> apparently did a good job on the break-in. Like I said, no
> measureable oil consumption, so I must have gotten the rings seated
> quickly.
>
> R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rob Robinson"
> wrote:
> >
> > Ron could you tell us who did your rebuild. Was it a DD/Allison
dealer
> >
> > 2008/10/26 ronmarabito2002
> >
> > > Hi all:
> > >
> > > I arrived at home this morning from Calgary with the re-built
> > > engine. Ran like a dream. Believe it or not, I didn't use any
> > > measurable oil. Looks like I got a good job by the Canadians. It
was
> > > 1898 miles on the trip. Won't know if there was any change in
fuel
> > > consumption until my next fill.
> > >
> > > Still do not have dash heat. Need to do more troubleshooting.
> > >
> > > R.E. (Ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rob, Sue & Merlin Robinson
> > 94 WLWB
> >
>