ring re?-break in procedure help.

[megaladon6]

unfortunately i was under the impression that the cam break in procedure (25min at 2k-2500rpms) was all i needed to do and the rings would seat. this does not appear to have happened as i kept fighting crank case gasses all of last summer. after break in i pretty much drove it like i stole it. i was fine except for high load/WOT conditions. then the dipstick or intake/valley seal would blow out. with warm weather coming around i want to try and seat the rings but am not sure of the right way to go about it. (of course i have to get the car running again first, i hate winter) i was thinking of taking the car on the highway for 20-30minutes, maybe stop for lunch then drive back. might this work? any and all suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated.
i did do one thing wrong when i assembled the engine, i had some of that sticky red cam lube from compcams left over and put a light coat of it on the cylinder walls. i would have expected it to have burned off pretty quick, but what do you guys think? the engine did run rich at the beginning and gas got into the oil, but it has been fixed.

 

[megaladon6]

oh yeah, they're Total Seal plasma-moly rings and the gap was set by my machinest.

 

[JESSE]

rings

i don't know if this will help you , but back in the days of steel rings the old timer's told me to drive at different speed's, never staying at one speed to long. 🙂

 

[79malibu]

maybe you need to drive it some more. how many road miles have you drove it? iirc a guy at the machine shop said the moly rings don't totally seat until 500 to 1k miles but can vary.

 

[kyhunter89]

nitrous...

 

[megaladon6]

nitrous...

sorry, i want to keep the pistons IN the block!!!

the engine only has a couple of hundred miles on it, so i will be driving it more, with the varying speeds, as soon as i can. (no more spinning tires for awhile 😢 )

79malibu, that's what i hear now. i probably should have posted this BEFORE i did the break in. unfortunately no one told me before i started having fun. "smack me like a red-headed stepchild" i guess.

does anyone know/think i screwed things up by beating on it before the rings seated?

thank you all for your help and advice.

 

[79malibu]

rings

unless the block got hot or carb went lean i would expect them to be fine.

 

[megaladon6]

coolant system has been great, Evans NPG+ is definately living up to expectations. and the carb wants to run rich so i'm good there.
now if the goddamn rain would quit on the weekends...you can't win in NY. if it ain't snowin, it's rainin', if it ain't doin' that it's cold as sh*t out. (well, not midwest cold)

 

[RITTER]

Yeah, usually you should wait like 500 miles even after initial break-in in to really open her up.

Make sure you do a good oil change and get that gas out of your oil if you haven't already!

 

[KrisW]

Maybe this will help, it's another "old-timer's" advice and it's in some of my old haynes manuals.

Drive to a low traffic area. Drive it up to 30 miles per hour and then floor it until you get to 70. Then let all the way off the throttle and with the throttle plates closed let the engine pull back to 30. Then floor it again until you get to 70. Repeat this procedure about 10 times.

It ALWAYS works for me. Although I do it immediately after cam break in, you probably don't have enough miles to have lost your magic spot yet.

Good luck!