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Geo Metro "Italian Tuneup" - It Worked!; 1992 was using some oil.
Topic Started: Aug 12 2014, 11:00 AM (1,886 Views)
rmcelwee
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myredvert
Aug 13 2014, 11:25 AM
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RPM shift point have nothing to do with speed, not even acceleration, I keep at 30 mph in the city no more, you should not assume so otherwise. :smackface
I assume that you assumed that he assumed you were making some point about speed and/or acceleration, but without assuming what he may or may not have been assuming, since he didn't say anything about speed or acceleration in his reply, I think he may have been trying to make a point that he didn't get the point and was just using a little sarcasm to make his... I think. Maybe? :dunno
You can assume that I was completely lost on the point he was trying to make as well.

Anyway, if we are calling going into full engine braking an "Italian Tuneup" then that is what I use to break in a new engine.
Edited by rmcelwee, Aug 13 2014, 06:31 PM.
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Johnny Mullet
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Fear the Mullet

This procedure is also used to seat rings after a rebuild.
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myredvert
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This procedure is also used to seat rings after a rebuild.
Exactly.

To my knowledge the original Ferrari version of the Italian Tune Up was just a high rpm loaded run(s) to clear carbon build up, without the engine braking/ring seating portion which is a common break in procedure. But if it helps clear up the problem and reduce oil consumption, then cool beans! :thumb
Edited by myredvert, Aug 13 2014, 07:45 PM.
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cwatkin


I found this article: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

This break break in looks similar to the ring freeing method I used. My only guess is that if the rings aren't too stuck, this can bust them loose.

Now I know this didn't work on the POS G10 I had in my 1994 to start with. Once I got a replacement engine, I used to just floor it and watch the smoke come pouring out the back. I did this one time and pulled into the next gas station and added a quart of oil without even looking. I then checked and needed to add even more oil! That engine was the oil farting champion of all time!

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