Greetings All,
First, thank you for all the insight, I've been all over the net, from
Lycoming to Glastar. It seems that the break in is to seat the rings and if
it's not done correctly the cylinder walls will glaze and the rings will
never seat. One can start the engine up for short runs monitoring the
temperature until the "break-in" can be done. We're not talking about 3 or 4
years, just a few runs not to exceed 3 minutes each and turning the engine
off. I believe with smaller engines (rotax) you can tie them to a pole.
Again, Thanks to all, without all the input I would still be going in
circles.
david

"David Koehler" wrote in message
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Hi All,
I'm not there yet, but, I have a new Lycoming O-360 and in the process of
building a homebuilt kit. Lycoming says to break in the engine at full
power
and gives procedures on how to do it. The kit needs slow taxi, then fast
taxi, glazing of the brakes. After take off there are procedures to do at
lower power.... I know I'm not the FIRST in this dilemma, so what takes a
preference? If you wait to do the full power to seat the rings, is that
ok?
Thanks for any response, I'm at a loss,
david