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Jack Shaft · 03-04-2021, 10:15 PM

I was maintenance supervisor for a 250 tractor/500 trailer fleet.During that time the fleet was in transition and I oversaw the rebuild of 40 CAT 3406E diesel engines.The truck would come in,we would kit it,slap on heads and bearings,inspect the rest and ship it..put the truck right back out spending 90% of its time fully loaded.no failures,no accelerated wear noticed in oil samples..build it correctly and run it.

03-04-2021, 10:15 PM	#11
Jack Shaft BANNED Join Date: Dec 2019 Posts: 1,196	Re: What is Engine 'Break-in'?? I was maintenance supervisor for a 250 tractor/500 trailer fleet.During that time the fleet was in transition and I oversaw the rebuild of 40 CAT 3406E diesel engines.The truck would come in,we would kit it,slap on heads and bearings,inspect the rest and ship it..put the truck right back out spending 90% of its time fully loaded.no failures,no accelerated wear noticed in oil samples..build it correctly and run it.