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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 06:36 PM
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Question Break-in...

Here I go...I sat in the dealer parking lot idleing my new truck waiting for the sales guy to take me out for the test drive.

I forgot Cummins reccomends not idleing the engine more than 5 minutes during break in.

I don't think 10 minutes would have screwed anything up.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 09:02 PM
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10 minutes will not bother it, especially at this time of the year when it is warm out. More trouble at idle when it is COLD ambient temperature.
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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You're not anxious to get your new truck home are you???
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 09:20 PM
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You bet I am Hannibal!
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Old Jul 19, 2004 | 09:30 PM
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I know the feeling. When I found my '98 CC 5psd/4.10 black/driftwood Laramie, I made them an offer and went home. I waited two weeks for them to call. If I'd have known they were going to call at 5:00pm on a Wednesday, I wouldn't have been up at 3:00am Sunday sitting by the phone. But I played hardball with them just like they were doing to me. They accepted my offer and I traded my '95 auto/3.55 reg cab Cummins for the '98. Then I traded the '98 with 89k miles for an '01.5 auto/3.55 QC LB Laramie. Then in '03 they made them quiet... I had to wait a week to get my '03. It went straight to the shop for a recall on the tranny cooler line. I was on pins and needles all week. I know the feeling!
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