I did a search of this with no luck.

I just finished up doing the following to my car:
New head gasket
Valve job done (cleaned, new valve seals, none replaced)
Water Pump
New Pulleys
New TB Tensioner
All new seals
All new belts (including timing belt)
New oil pan gasket

My question: I know that when a motor is completely rebuilt (including thepistons/rings) that the motor has to be driven a certain way for a while.

I started the car up yesterday, and let it idle for about 10 minutes. Then, turned the car off and checked for leaks (none thankfully). I then took it out for a VERY EASY 20 mile drive, not doing any hard acceleration or anything, just driving like a grandma would.

I do plan on changing the oil again, but how soon? Are there specific recommendations for driving for what was done to my car?

Thanks for your input.

 

There are gonna be tons of different opinions, I would change it after 50 miles then again at 1k and after that every 2500-3000 miles. Make sure you use regular oil not synthetic and when you brake in the rings get on a quiet road and do a couple of third gear pulls from 30mph to like 50mph let it coast down to 30mpg and accel again, do that several times. Again there are different views on this so yeah...

 

Read the damn post dude lol ^^^

No change the oil as you normally would. Because you havn't changed rings/hones the cylinders, there is going to be no excess metal in the oil. So just change it as you normally would.

 

Thanks!

Yes, my post may have been a little unclear, but I did NOT do anything to the pistons/rings.

 

Damn it

 

Dude I do the crap all the time. Mike loves to bust my ***** over it.

 

Over what?? im a lil lost

 

Not reading posts you tard, just like you did