Ok, I'll admit I committed a sin by BITOG standards. I purchased a Troy-Bilt Storm 2410 snow blower. My drive way is approximately 45'L X 23'W, it's stone and uphill and 22 to 32 inches below the surrounding yard. For my usage it seems the best alternative, as I have very little storage space for a snow blower in my garage. I don't need an expensive heavy duty machine and don't have the time or ability to rebuild an used one. This unit seemed to get decent reviews overall and has a 2 year warranty. Ok! got that out of the way! So now does anyone have recommended ways to break in a new engine? My thinking is to run the engine at various engine speeds for an hour or two then change out the factory fill. The first fill will be with Shell Rotella T 10W-30, my garage is semi heated, then after 10 hours or so change to a synthetic 5W-30 such as Mobil 1 5W-30 HM and then run it the interval spec'd for the conventional 5W-30W spec's. Hopefully this will add to it's life span
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