2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42
Many car enthusiasts, due to their inexperience or impatience after a major overhaul, immediately seek to check how much their car has become more powerful. This is the greatest mistake that a motorist can make in relation to his "iron horse". Even the smallest repairs take up a lot of the power of a car engine, and you'll have to wait to get it back.
What is engine break-in? An engine run-in is necessary in several cases - if the car is new, if it has just been overhauled, if it has been idle for a long time. And remember that a car that has just left the assembly line is easier and faster to break in than a repaired one. The purpose of the article is to answer the question of how the engine is broken in after repair. Let's consider this in more detail. To do this, you must first find out why the engine is broken in at all. During the overhaul of an internal combustion engine, parts are replaced,out of order. Right? The surface of new parts always has irregularities at the microscopic level, which are beyond the control of the human eye. This is where the engine break-in takes place. It is produced so that new parts "make friends" with existing workable ones.
Unlike a car that left the assembly line, the process of running in a repaired engine is different. The basis for a successful completion of the procedure is many hours of idling of the engine in order to pass the first stage of break-in. After the initial stage, the internal combustion engine needs to be operated in a scrupulous mode for 2-4 thousand kilometers. Do not allow heavy loads, drive at low or medium speeds. The engine should run evenly after a major overhaul. In the first few thousand kilometers, in no case should sharp jumps in speed be allowed. However, harsh acceleration and deceleration is simply unacceptable for a new engine. Conclusion: it is better to carry out these procedures on a free highway than in a city, where sharpness and attentiveness often become an escape from an accident. Also avoid running the engine in difficult road conditions (mud, snow, etc.).
Engine break-in in each situation in terms of time frame is different. Usually it is 5-10 thousand kilometers. Many motorists try to pass this period as quickly as possible. And many of these same motorists simply do notguess that new parts overheat faster, and with a long engine running, the quality of the break-in is significantly reduced. Beginners and experienced motorists, remember that the correct break-in of an internal combustion engine will significantly extend the period of effective use of the car, without wasting precious minutes on unscheduled simple and repair. And the further power that will return during the break-in will depend precisely on how carefully the new parts were “grinded” to each other.
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