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06-25-2013, 12:56 PM
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Drives: 2013 ZL1, 2016 Denali HD Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Greensboro Ga.
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Break-In Period
Just had my new ZL1 delivered yesterday and was wondering how do you get good ring seal if you cant rev over 4000 rpm and no speed over 80 mph and having synthetic oil... Please help
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06-25-2013, 01:15 PM
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 Drives: 2013 ZL1 Black Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Frankfort, Illinois
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First, welcome aboard! This has been debated many times here, some will say follow manufacturers direction & others will say drive it like you stole it, it is your choice. I choose to follow manufacturer.
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06-25-2013, 01:42 PM
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Where am I?
Drives: Zoe the ZL1, 2012 Frontier Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Mars, PA
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You stole my nickname. Not cool.
J/k Welcome to the board. And as the previous poster said there are two camps at the moment. It all comes down to how you want to drive it.
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06-25-2013, 01:43 PM
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Drives: 2012 ZL1 Camaro Join Date: May 2012
Location: PA
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I followed the break in as close as I could. Went over 80 more times than I went above 4 grand.
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06-25-2013, 01:45 PM
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Drives: 13 ZL1#182, 85 CJ7, 16 Silverado Join Date: Nov 2011
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It's not just the engine you are breaking in it is the entire drivetrain. I did the break-in and don't regret it. If you don't follow the break-in I believe they could not honor the warranty if they think it caused it. That may vary from dealer to dealer but why take a chance? You may want to read some of the other threads on the subject. FBODFATHER, who is on the performance team has stated it is necessary. Quote:
One thing I always think about it, if you bought an airplane and it had a break-in proceedure would you follow it?
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06-25-2013, 01:49 PM
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Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Is that directly from a dealer who refused to honor a warranty? Or is this YOUR opinion? I have not read any posts the whole time I have been on this forum stating their warranty was denied due to going over 80MPH or 4K rpm. There is even a post of an owner with a modded ZL1 that was given warranty work that required a teardown! |
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06-25-2013, 01:50 PM
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Drives: 13 ZL1#182, 85 CJ7, 16 Silverado Join Date: Nov 2011
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He's money your oil, what's the problem?
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06-25-2013, 01:52 PM
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Drives: 2013 Camaro ZL1 Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Dallas, Texas
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06-25-2013, 01:55 PM
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Where am I?
Drives: Zoe the ZL1, 2012 Frontier Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Mars, PA
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And several members call me G money. It was even my avatar for awhile.
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06-25-2013, 02:06 PM
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    Drives: 2013 Triple Black ZL1 Vert M6 ECF Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Trenton, Michigan
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And here we go yet AGAIN?
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06-25-2013, 02:12 PM
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Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South of Raleigh, NC
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90 miles to go. Not that it matters at this point.
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06-25-2013, 04:16 PM
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Drives: 13 ZL1#182, 85 CJ7, 16 Silverado Join Date: Nov 2011
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I have not heard of any but they can look at your vehicles data and see if you violated the proceedure. I am not saying they would not honor the warranty but I think they would be legally in the right if they did. I think it would also be hard to prove that violating the break-in caused a problem but I wouldn't take the chance. In the end it is everyones choice but I hope they make an educated choice. I don't believe the Dealer would accept "some guy on Camaro5 said it was ok.
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06-25-2013, 04:17 PM
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Cool, I remember which one you are.
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06-25-2013, 04:20 PM
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Drives: 13 ZL1#182, 85 CJ7, 16 Silverado Join Date: Nov 2011
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Yes, I was just trying to make the point that there are consequences to actions sometimes and an airplane with a blown up engine are hard to land.
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