Originally Posted By: Pablo
Originally Posted By: Geauxtiger
Also, the failure is due to no or nearly no oil on the passenger side. Not just a start up dry situation, but dry at all times.
Hard to believe one side only would be caused by a restrictive filter.
I thought I read, that someone suggested the filter self destructed and sent media into an oil passage.
Originally Posted By: morepwr
Originally Posted By: Geauxtiger
Just for fun... when I get this truck back in a week or so with the reman engine, I wonder what kind of 'break-in' I should perform? Never had a reman engine before. Drive it like I stole it? Early oil change?
Thoughts?
I like to take it easy on new engine for the first couple of hundred miles to let everything wear in and make sure no problems show up. Then, I like to get oil out of a rebuilt motor after 1000 miles.
There really is no "wearing in" to speak of. A new engine is dimensionally stable for many tens of thousands of miles. IF there is "wearing in", then you've got other issues. If problems are going to show up, they'll do it no matter what you do. Maybe a touch sooner, or maybe a bit later, but if there was a flaw in the machining or assembly or a defective part, you're going to have trouble no matter what.
Fire it up, make sure it's vitals are up to snuff and give it [censored]! The reading I have done suggest you've got roughly 20 miles to make the most of your ring seating. Change the oil early and change often during the first 2000-3000 miles. As an example, when I re-built the 3.1 GM in the better half's car, I ran it to operating temp, then changed the oil. Then I took it out and ran it hard through the gears and climbed hills at medium load and RPM. That fill went 200 miles. After that I went 1700 and finally I dropped in Mobil 1 Extended Performance and am mid way through a 7500 mile run.
