I talked to a few of the guys at the Twin Cities VW Club this week about engine break-in. Since this car has a newly re-built engine, I want to make sure I treat it right in the beginning so that it give me a nice long life. Not knowing if the engine has been broken-in, I'm going to be cautious and treat it like its new and break it in.
Picked up some 10w-40 oil and new drain cover gaskets.
I'll run the engine at about 3000 RPM for 15 minutes and then drain the oil when its still warm. Fill it back up and adjust the valves. Then for the first 300 or so miles I'll do stop-and-go driving mostly. Then drain the oil again. After that I should be good to go for regular oil changes.
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