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It was noted by the OP that the oil was black within the 40 miles put on the vehicle. Nothing says burnt oil than to tight of tolerances. The intermediate bushing might not have been seated completely,wear is shown in the picture . Might be some of the brass, probably wouldn't turn the oil black. I would look at the bearings. Good luck with the engine builder. The building of a engine , any engine requires knowledge of tolerances, and proper assembly, it doesn't matter if it is a Chevy, Ford, Mopar or Briggs&Stratton . There's know excuse nowadays with the internet, you can look up anything you need to know, even proper rocker arm assembly. So with that being said, if you did all the right things upon startup and the engine still took a $hit be prepared . Write down everything you found wrong right off and made the engine builder aware of. What you did to correct the problems. Did you follow correct priming and break in procedures. Who told you what to do and how to do it. 
Yes I followed all proper procedures. RapidRobert on here informed me on the best way to prime the engine. The engine builder told me to just put oil in the oil pump and don't bother priming it but I went ahead and did the priming procedure. I also got break in advice from Robert and others on here and on RamChargerCentral. I also did my own research online. But what I was being told was the standard stuff. I followed every instruction to the tee. This might be the first engine I've broken in, but I'm no stranger to automotive technology. I've been working doing mechanic work for 3 years, and a year of school before that. Not a huge amount of time but enough.
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Last edited by Instigate; 03/16/15 04:30 AM.
