You may be inclined to drive a brand-new car just like the one you’re replacing it with. However, there are some steps you should take to ensure that its heart—the engine—will live a long and reliable ...

Performing a break-in procedure on an engine before it is placed between the fenderwells is money well spent. In addition to avoiding the headaches of multiple installs and removals, it serves many ...

The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has a killer atmospheric engine, but it needs to be properly broken in to deliver its full performance. Although the instructions are in the owner’s manual, Chevrolet ...

Properly breaking in a new vehicle isn’t as straight forward as getting in, starting it up, and peeling off the lot. For most vehicles, especially those powered by internal combustion engines, certain ...

Properly breaking in a new vehicle isn’t as simple as getting in and driving off the lot. In most cases, certain limitations must be respected in order to avoid damaging a vehicle’s systems and ...

I obsessed over the engine break-in period when I got my first new car back in 2000. The owner's manual said to avoid hard acceleration and braking for the first 1,000 miles, and it all had to do with ...

Procedures for “breaking in” new, remanufactured or rebuilt engines are evolving. Standard procedure in past decades was to use break-in oil in a “new” engine for the first 100 hours. During that time ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While technology has made life more complicated than ever, it's also arguably better in many regards. So too is the case for engine building, ...

When it comes to clutches, one of the most asked questions is the proper break-in procedure. This one of the most talked about mechanical aspects to this day. Some people hammer down the minute they ...