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How... do I break in a rebuilt engine? b230 Oil selections?

Thanks for replying.

The cam and tappets are the same used ones that came out of the head. All parts are the same used ones except pistons, rings, and consumables. I did not realize that these are indeed "flat" tappet engines (although the roller tappets look more "flat" to me, ironically).

I swear, I saw one that was like:

Idle to bleed the coolant system. Change oil.
Run 5 minutes between 800 and 1000rpm never steady for more than 2 seconds. Change oil.
Run 10 minutes between 800 and 1200rpm....

It just seemed pretty excessive because it was like 6 oil changes and 2 hours of running time.

I usually don't see any mention of bleeding the coolant, which I always do at idle. How does that factor in?






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