Louis Gallinaro said:
>Just a little aside. Not sure wether it's true or not. But When I went
>with my girlfriend to pick up her 2000 Olds Alero, the guy told us that
>the engine did not require a break in period, because they ran the
>engines at the factory for some inordinate amount of time. I forget
>exactly what he said. Something like 100 hours. Maybe he was full of
>it.
He was full of it. An engine plant hot test is maybe 10 minutes, tops.
Some high-end stuff (Porsche 911 Turbo, Ferrari, Lamborghini) are run-in
longer, but anything made by The General is going to be kicked out the door
with the minimum that doesn't make the engineers scream (cringe is okay,
whimper is okay, too, but screams might upset the shareholders).
Jim Crider
autojim@att.net
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