how to run in your new suzuki df 6 hp 4 stroke engine
Suzuki DF6A Proper Break-in Procedures
Break in period 10 Hours
1. For the initial 2 hours
allow sufficient idling time (about 5 minutes) for the engine to warm up after cold engine starting.
NOTICE
Running at High Speed without sufficient warm up may cause severe engine damage such as piston seizure.
After warming up, run the engine at idling speed or the lowest in-gear speed for about 15 minutes.
During the remaining 1 hour and 45 minutes, operate the engine in gear at less than 12 throttle.
NOTE
You may throttle up beyond the recommended operating range to plane your boat, then immediately reduce the throttle to the recommended operating range.
2. For the next 1 hour
Operate the engine in gear at 4000 rmin, or at the 34 throttle. avoid running the engine at full throttle.
3. Remaining 7 hours
Operate the engine in gear at desired engine speed. You may occasionally use full throttle, however do not operate the engine continuously at full throttle for more than 5 minutes at any time.
NOTICE
Running continuously at full throttle for more than 5 minutes at a time during the last 7 hours of break-in operation may cause severe engine damage such as seizure.
During the last 7 hours of break-in operation, do not operate at wide open throttle for more than 5 minutes at a time.