/ The guy that put the engine internals together says "The rings are not seated yet end the smoking is normal. Just give it a couple hours of work"
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Yeah, ah NO, saw a fresh D8 Cat engine seize up when the handful was just a little to much. A properly rebuilt engine, gas or diesel, will NOT need help seating the rings if broke in right.on diesels I always used a handful of comet or Ajax and let it suck it down the intakes a little at a time,makes the rings seat in in minutes,always worked for me
We were told in class that is you have an engine where the rings won't seat then about 3 tablespoons of comet was enough to help the rings seat. I've never had to use it and would far rather have the rings seat in during a good brake in procedure. I'm pretty sure your method works though!on diesels I always used a handful of comet or Ajax and let it suck it down the intakes a little at a time,makes the rings seat in in minutes,always worked for me
I worked for a used Heavy equipment dealer part time for 30 yrs,I did it many times as we did not have time to let them run until the rings seated in,they needed to be up for sale,never hurt anything and worked everytime. this was on diesels only, several old schoolers showed me this,Im also a ASE Master tech and Ford (automotive)certifiedTo me this absolutely BS. Pouring an abrasive into an intake is a hack. It should be a forum thing somewhere to delete. . Somewhere someone is chuckling. If your rebuild had the cylinders correctly crosshatched the unit should break in normally. This whole thread is out of line and doing more harm than good,
I find that pretty fascinating. So your manager at the equipment dealer told you to do this, and you did. Ok then.I worked for a used Heavy equipment dealer part time for 30 yrs,I did it many times as we did not have time to let them run until the rings seated in,they needed to be up for sale,never hurt anything and worked everytime. this was on diesels only, several old schoolers showed me this,Im also a ASE Master tech and Ford (automotive)certified