# How to break in new motor

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [March 8, 2009, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-break-in-new-motor/242636 "2009-03-08T07:14:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2009, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-to-break-in-new-motor/242636/9 "2009-03-08T08:46:15Z")

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> [@PLUG: "NIGHTSHIFT" podcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/plug-nightshift-podcast/15215/2):
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> The rings on the car will be easy to ‘break in’ (seat). Just do a fourth gear pull on the highway, to just about redline, and then let off and coast **in gear.**  
> The bearings and such will take a few miles though.

Fixed for clarification.😉

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