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Old 07-07-2018, 09:59 PM
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Default Update. Good and bad news

Ok so i got valves set and everthing back together fired her off and she runs like a dream. Easy starting and loads more power. Thats the good news.

The bad news.
Well read a few posts on the break in. Some said baby it others said run it hard to get a better seat on the rings.

Well im a redneck so naturally i chose the run it hard option. Everything went great for the first hour hard run. Wide open runs for about 100 yards slow to a crawl and launch again.

After the first hour parked her and let the motor cool down completely.

Went back out checked her over everything was good so fired her up for another round.
About halfway through i started smelling oil.

You guessed it i blew a gasket. Well pulled her in and shut her down.

Not sure which one yet cause a monsoon decided to hit and boy was it a nasty one.

Will be going over her in the morning. Hoping its one of 2 things. Because i was heating her up pretty good could have caused head bolts to need retourqed. Or because i just put a little blue gasket seal on the valve cover slapped it on and fired her up it may not have had enough time to cure and seal good.

Either way ill figure it out and get it sorted out.

Really liking how much of a difference it made though.
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