Break in period after engine swap?

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11-13-2003, 07:04 PM

slywfbpsi

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Break in period after engine swap?

I just put a d15b vtec in my 91 dx. Is there a need to break in the motor, since it has been sitting in a salvage yard or wherever before I got it?

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11-14-2003, 04:24 AM

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Re: Break in period after engine swap? (slywfbpsi)

There's really no break-in period since the motor isn't a freshly rebuilt one. Just give it a few miles before you start really running it hard. I tend to change the oil and do a coolant flush after about 1000 miles on a motor that has been sitting for a while but that's about it. After that it's just normal service.