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JackoMan · 03-03-2009, 12:37 PM

Does chevy break in the motors before they are sent out for delivery or will I just have to do it myself?

spi · 03-03-2009, 12:39 PM

i know when i bought my vette i had to do it myself...so i imagine its the same way with the camaro

Scott@Bjorn3D · 03-03-2009, 12:39 PM

You will want to break it in for at least 500 miles. They do run them but not enough to be properly broke in. Besides alot more than just engine to breakin. Drive train also.

JMAN311 · 03-03-2009, 12:42 PM

I'm pretty sure I've read on here that the engines get broke-in after they are built. So I don't think it would be necessary for you to have to do it like it used to be.

spi · 03-03-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott@Bjorn3D

You will want to break it in for at least 500 miles. They do run them but not enough to be properly broke in. Besides alot more than just engine to breakin. Drive train also.

on my vette they advised 5000 miles.

JackoMan · 03-03-2009, 12:44 PM

yea i figured it would be something like that, wouldnt want to get a poor ring seating and possibly kill my engine life.

JMAN311 · 03-03-2009, 12:45 PM

Guess we'll just have to check the driver's manual when we get our cars...

Sizzox · 03-03-2009, 12:45 PM

With my 08 vette they said 500 miles.

spi · 03-03-2009, 12:45 PM

they say 5000 miles gives the engine more than enoug time to get rings and everything else worn to fit the engine as it should.

JMAN311 · 03-03-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by spi

they say 5000 miles gives the engine more than enoug time to get rings and everything else worn to fit the engine as it should.

5,000 seems a little excessive IMO

spi · 03-03-2009, 12:47 PM

thats y i said more than enough time, lol...but that was back in 05 so they may have changed it since then.

trm0002 · 03-03-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by spi

they say 5000 miles gives the engine more than enoug time to get rings and everything else worn to fit the engine as it should.

Yet they put Mobil 1 in to start correct? That could be the 5000 mile reasoning. Personally, I would never put synthetic in while breaking in a motor; counterproductive to what you're trying to accomplish...

JMAN311 · 03-03-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by trm0002

Yet they put Mobil 1 in to start correct? That could be the 5000 mile reasoning. Personally, I would never put synthetic in while breaking in a motor; counterproductive to what you're trying to accomplish...

Then why do you think Chevy does it? (not trying to be a jerk or nothing, just curious why the manufacturer would do it if a different type of oil would be better for engine break-in)

spi · 03-03-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by trm0002

Yet they put Mobil 1 in to start correct? That could be the 5000 mile reasoning. Personally, I would never put synthetic in while breaking in a motor; counterproductive to what you're trying to accomplish...

If GM tells me to put Mobil 1 in it, i will, and thats all that has ever been in my vette and all that will ever be in it...the people at GM arent stupid, they have a reason for putting it in there and advising that people put it in there.

03-03-2009, 12:37 PM	#1
JackoMan Drives: Shotgun Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 35	Engine Break in Does chevy break in the motors before they are sent out for delivery or will I just have to do it myself? __________________ Future Car: Black 2LT with IO interior Package Former Cars '94 Pontiac Bonneville SSE '01 Volvo C70 "When the train of history goes around a bend, all the intellectuals fall off."

03-03-2009, 12:39 PM	#2
spi Drives: 2010 Black 2SS Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pittsburg, KS/ Joplin, MO Posts: 414 View My Garage	i know when i bought my vette i had to do it myself...so i imagine its the same way with the camaro __________________ 2010 CAMARO 2SS ORDERED OCT. 13,2008 DELIVERED JUNE 2, 2009 VIN# 2G1FK1EJ0A9106637

03-03-2009, 12:42 PM	#4
JMAN311 Drives: 2013 F-150 Limited Join Date: May 2008 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 2,191	I'm pretty sure I've read on here that the engines get broke-in after they are built. So I don't think it would be necessary for you to have to do it like it used to be. __________________ There just might be a 2016 Camaro or Corvette in my future... _____________________________________________ Previous Chevy's 2013 Camaro ZL1 A6\|SIM 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS\|M6\|CGM Exterior\|Gray Int 2000 Camaro SS\|M6\|SLP headers\|SLP center mounted quad exhaust\|Magnaflow muffler\|Hypertech programmed 2001 Corvette\|M6\|LG Motorsports Headers\|Corsa Touring Cat-back\|Magnaflow X Pipe\|Hurst short-throw\|Dyno tuned

03-03-2009, 12:44 PM	#6
JackoMan Drives: Shotgun Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 35	yea i figured it would be something like that, wouldnt want to get a poor ring seating and possibly kill my engine life. __________________ Future Car: Black 2LT with IO interior Package Former Cars '94 Pontiac Bonneville SSE '01 Volvo C70 "When the train of history goes around a bend, all the intellectuals fall off."

03-03-2009, 12:45 PM	#7
JMAN311 Drives: 2013 F-150 Limited Join Date: May 2008 Location: Parker, CO Posts: 2,191	Guess we'll just have to check the driver's manual when we get our cars... __________________ There just might be a 2016 Camaro or Corvette in my future... _____________________________________________ Previous Chevy's 2013 Camaro ZL1 A6\|SIM 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS\|M6\|CGM Exterior\|Gray Int 2000 Camaro SS\|M6\|SLP headers\|SLP center mounted quad exhaust\|Magnaflow muffler\|Hypertech programmed 2001 Corvette\|M6\|LG Motorsports Headers\|Corsa Touring Cat-back\|Magnaflow X Pipe\|Hurst short-throw\|Dyno tuned

03-03-2009, 12:39 PM	#3
Scott@Bjorn3D Drives: Kami, 2013 2SS LS3 Luvin Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eufaula, Alabama Posts: 6,427	You will want to break it in for at least 500 miles. They do run them but not enough to be properly broke in. Besides alot more than just engine to breakin. Drive train also.

03-03-2009, 12:47 PM	#11
spi Drives: 2010 Black 2SS Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pittsburg, KS/ Joplin, MO Posts: 414 View My Garage	thats y i said more than enough time, lol...but that was back in 05 so they may have changed it since then. __________________ 2010 CAMARO 2SS ORDERED OCT. 13,2008 DELIVERED JUNE 2, 2009 VIN# 2G1FK1EJ0A9106637

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