break in time??

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Jul 24, 2002 | 06:40 AM

vti-crx

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break in time??

ok my cars going in tomorrow to get a new head gasket.. when i get it back im gonna go ahead and do an oil change.. but what i was wondering was, do i need to break in the new head gasket? or am i good to go as soon as its complete?

Jul 24, 2002 | 09:11 AM

FourthGenHatch

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I've never heard of breaking in gaskets. You might want to go a little easy on it for a while to make sure there is nothing wrong but other than that I don't think anything special has to be done.

Jul 24, 2002 | 10:04 AM

jaje

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From: KCK

just be careful for the 1st 100 miles...i usually do that with any major repair...for an engine rebuild i usually wait 500 miles before wringing it out