HIGH-TEMPERATURE CERAMIC COATING BREAK-IN PROCEDURES

 

 

 

When you receive your ceramic coated item, it will have a partial cure.  It will achieve a full cure once it is installed on the car/motorcycle.  For a full cure, you must run your ceramic coated item at operating temperature for a minimum of 1 hour at idle or by driving normally.  If you have any questions concerning your break-in period for ceramic coated items, please contact us.

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CAUTION: Excessive exhaust heat, due to a poorly tuned engine, can damage the coating during the final curing period. Do not install on a new engine until all adjustments have been made to the camshaft, springs, valves, timing and jetting. Allow the engine to idle, or drive gently for approximately 1 hour or until no vapor/smoke is given off by the coating.  MAINTAIN adequate ventilation during this process.

 

Breaking in an engine with freshly painted ceramic coated headers WILL result in damage to the coating. Ceramic coated headers require several heat cycles and/or an hour run of your engine at idle or driving normally to fully cure, before they will withstand extreme heat. Protec Custom Coating and Engineering recommend using uncoated cast iron exhaust manifolds or old uncoated headers to break in new engines to avoid coating damage. 

 

Protec Custom Coating and Engineering does not recommend the use of header wraps. The use of header wraps can cause the header tubes to crack or rust due to excessive heat and moisture build-up.

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NOTE: The customer is responsible for the final break-in.  Protec  Engineering is not liable for items that are not broken in properly.