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188 Diesel - Break In Oil

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Jon (IN)

08-14-2006 09:40:32




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Just got my 188 Diesel rebuilt and running. Full rebuild (with new sleeves, pistons, & rings) I filled it up with Rotella 15w-40 and ran it for about 30 minutes. I have been reading a bit about break in, and have noticed over on the Deere board, they mention a special break-in oil to use. Should I use something like that for the first 50-100 hours or so? What other oil would be recommended for breakin? Is it too late, since I have ran it for about 30 minutes?

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Jon

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Walt Davies

08-15-2006 07:20:02




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 Re: 188 Diesel - Break In Oil in reply to Jon (IN), 08-14-2006 09:40:32  
In the old days they called the first oil in a new car or truck the breakin oil. It was the same type of oil that you would normaly use in the engine. Some where along the line people got to thinking that it was some type of special oil but it wasn't it was just called breakin oil because it was the first oil and would be changed around the 500 mile mark. Suppossably it would remove any loose metal filings that would left over from building the engine.
When I got my new 97 Ford Ranger things had changed a lot, it reccomended to change the oil at the regular interval of 6 months or 6000 miles. I guess after all these years they just decided that it really didn't matter since we use a good filter to trap these particals anyway. On an old engine with no filter I think I would change it at around 50 hrs to make sure it is a small cost and is pretty good insurance.
You are using a good oil right now I would stick to it and not worry about what others are doing. There are a lot of wives tales and myths floating around out there.

Walt

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1stout

08-14-2006 11:42:58




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 Re: 188 Diesel - Break In Oil in reply to Jon (IN), 08-14-2006 09:40:32  
Just don't use synthetic oil for break in, it's too "slippery". The only thing that you are really breaking in on an engine is the rings. The proper way to do this is to get the engine up to operating temp and then start working it with a good load on it. On cars and trucks you only have about the first 200 miles to properly break the engine in. If not done properly the rings will not form to shape of the cylinder walls as well as they should. For older tractors that won't be seeing a lot work and/or hours break in is not as critical. Good Luck.

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