fired up my new 440/#$%! in the oil filter
Reciently fired up my new 440 . All machine work was done by Kauffmans' here in Ohio. Put the thing together myself and it fired up for cam(solid flat tappit ultradyne/lunati) break-in immediately. Two questions: Durring the 1/2 hr break-in period(1800-2000rpm) the engine temp rose to 250 deg. or more. Found out afterwards that I shorted the coolant system about 2 qts. . Is fine now. What ,if anything , could I have damaged here. Also after draining the break-in oil I only found 2 small pieces of what looks like bearing material in the oil. However I decided to cut the oil filter in half and found a LOT of tiny metal pieces cought in the filter material. I have since put about 200 miles on the thing(easy on the gas to break-in the new clutch disc) and so far everything seems fine. Do I have trouble in this engine comming this summer when I start beating on it?? What do you guys think .
.Thanks! Larry
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