Westerbeke W-13 User Manual

BREAKING IN
Service life of your engine is dependent upon how your engine is
operated and serviced during the initial 50 hours of operation!
Your new engine needs 50 hours
of conditioning operation for
breaking each moving part in
and maximizing performance and
life of engine. Perform this
conditioning carefully, bearing
the following points in mind:
CAUTION:
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Idle and warm up your engine from 3 to 5 minutes.
Avoid hasty acceleration.
Use caution not to overload the engine.
Inspect, maintain and service your engine in accordance wi th the
instructions in this manual.
Explanation:
"Breaking in" a new engine is basically a seating of the piston rings
to the cylinder walls. This is not accomplished by long periods of
running idle, nor by early running under full load, nor by varying
loads with intervals of fast acceleration and/or excessive speed.
Idle running may glaze the cylinder walls causing oil consumption and
smoky operation. Excessive speeds and loads may score cylinder walls
with similar results.
As indicated above, use a short warm up at idle and put engine under
moderate load and speed for the first ten hours of operation. For
the next forty hours, use approximately 70% load. This kind of care-
ful operation will result in best results from your engine.
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Westerbeke W-13 Specifications

General

Brand	Westerbeke
Model	W-13
Category	Engine
Language	English