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Jim, I really appreciate the education you provided in this thread. From what I read, there are a lot of bits and pieces that fit together to make the engine. The items in the break-in procedure do not list separately the seals and parts they help protect specifically. So maybe, just maybe, the RM Seal may be one of the parts that ALSO benefits from the break-in recommendations, just like every other seal and part of the engine.
We all agree that one should follow the break-in procedure. That procedure (for the 987) suggests avoiding short drives. Doesn't really say what part or seal specifficaly benefits from that, it just suggests it's better for the engine. Now if the engine benefits, then logic suggests that SOME or even maybe ALL parts may benefit in some way from it. There are some people here religiously convinced that the RM Seal does in no way benefit from it. And as I said before, that's fine with me, I'm just not one of those people.
I apologize for tiring denverpete and for saddening brucelee, but still think many members would find the entirety of this thread useful in the end. I, for one, did.
Z.
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