astravanman
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as title
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James R
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IF you mean the head gasket, as soon as you 've done the warm up and tighten bit  , rag away
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Siberia
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Registered: 9th Oct 03
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oh its not pissing out water anymore?
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astravanman
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nope brought a brand new head and fitted it to it was cause off the shit gasket set i brought thats why it went again
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Siberia
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least its all working 
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Corsa^Dan
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thorght u had too run then in for 200-500miles?
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Adam-D
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take it easy for a while to bed it all in
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J100RSA
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bed what in nothing to bed in will; be ok as long as u warmed it up
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Visionz
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Running it a new engine is an old thing to do, cause engineering wasnt so precise and to the standards it is today. So if u put a new engine in you can rag the fuck outa it as soon as its warmed up for the first time.
On a headgasket as long as everything has been tightened and the coolant bled through, you can rag it from cold if u want, it just wont do your engine any good 
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miles
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Fuck me, remind me never to listen to anything you say!
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Neshol
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Red_SXi
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quote:
Originally posted by miles
Fuck me, remind me never to listen to anything you say!
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bradfincham
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jesus some people here i know not to buy a car off!!
Id say take it easy for a few hundred miles to make the new bits wear in!
and make sure its warm i always let my car warm up before i even drive it
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Neshol
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Same here, I was under the impression that most engine wear occurs when the car is cold.
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Corsa^Dan
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it does.
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Cybermonkey
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quote:
Originally posted by Visionz
Running it a new engine is an old thing to do, cause engineering wasnt so precise and to the standards it is today. So if u put a new engine in you can rag the fuck outa it as soon as its warmed up for the first time.
On a headgasket as long as everything has been tightened and the coolant bled through, you can rag it from cold if u want, it just wont do your engine any good
FPMSL
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James_DT
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quote:
Originally posted by Neshol
Same here, I was under the impression that most engine wear occurs when the car is cold.
Yes, what he actually said was you can (i.e. it's possible) but it won't do the engine any good. He didn't say the car would be fine when it was cold.
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AdamF
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Registered: 24th Apr 02
Location: Bexhill, East Sussex
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let it warm up till the fan cuts in for the first time re tighten the head a bit more then you can drive it as you like,
you only need to run it in when you replace things like pistons/rings etc
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