Eco boost + towing BLOWS
03-07-2011, 11:27 PM
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HogFan---
Your Call @ 500 miles towing
- See Manual (Page 5, Page 259)
Page 5:
"BREAKING-IN YOUR VEHICLE
Page 259:
Your Call @ 500 miles towing
- See Manual (Page 5, Page 259)Page 5:
"BREAKING-IN YOUR VEHICLE
Drive your new vehicle at least 1,000 miles (1,600 km) before towing a
trailer. For more detailed information about towing a trailer, refer to
Trailer towing in the Tires, Wheels and Loading chapter."trailer. For more detailed information about towing a trailer, refer to
Page 259:
Follow these guidelines to ensure safe towing:
•
Do not tow a trailer until your vehicle has been driven at least
1,000 miles (1,600 km).
1,000 miles (1,600 km).
Why waste time reading a manual,it's a guy thing!
I have read lots of data on this and towing at 500 miles will not cause any problems.
03-08-2011, 08:03 AM
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03-09-2011, 11:11 PM
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AJ foyt would tie the throttle down on there race engines when they went to lunch. When they where ask why "if it wont make it through lunch it wont make it through a race."
03-17-2011, 11:11 AM
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When I picked up mine, the dealer told me that the engines were so designed that they could not hurt themselves during break-in period. He said no worry about pulling right off the lot, but I think I'll give it 1000 miles anyway
03-21-2011, 09:21 PM
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Someone told me to hold it wide open in neutral for atleast two minutes for a quick break-in. They said do it when engine is cold and brand new!!!The owners manual is useless 
03-22-2011, 06:08 PM
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That is the worst thing you can do. You suppose to break-in your engine using normal load (while driving around) The reason is that brand-new rings don't seat all the way around the 360 degrees of their circumference. The gas pressure from normal/heavy load forces the rings to contact the cylinder around their entire circumference, which is the only way the rings can properly wear into the exact shape of the cylinder to seal the combustion pressure. Now, imagine if the engine is run in neutral. There is no load on the engine, so the rings are just going up and down "along for the ride". Only a small portion of their surface is actually contacting the cylinder wall. The ring area that does contact the cylinder wears down the roughness of the honing pattern on the cylinder walls. Once the roughness of the cylinder is gone, the rings stop wearing into the cylinder. If this happens before the entire ring has worn into the cylinder and sealed, you will have an oil burning engine no matter how hard it gets ridden after that point.
