Oil Change Recommendations for a Newly Broken in Engine
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Ok guys well recently I had to get a new engine on my 04 AT since it failed vaccum. I am about 175 miles away from completing the break in period and was wondering if you guys have any recommendations for what type of oil I should change to here in California. What about a synthetic like Redline or Royal purple 5W-30? Or should I go with non synthetic? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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i have also discussed this a few times... as with swoope and nyc, i never pushed my opinion. and they may have known that mine was to simply use a reputable brand regular oil with a higher viscosity. i use 5w30 at minimum.
others may also think i'm against synthetics as they are more expensive... meaning that it gets kept in circulation longer, however thats not the case.
i bought a **** load of full synthetic from valvoline when they had a rebate that made it cheaper than regular... so that said, i put in a quart on each fill. and with this motor still being new, and its never full synthetics in the pan, there can't be any "synthetic washed away this, synthetics did that..." argument.
but thats not all. i treat ALL oil thats going in to a rotary the SAME. it gets drained at 2000-2500 miles because of the fact that oil goes thru a tiny nozzle and its wise to be sure its clean oil.
to keep this all very short... all oils break down in one way or another, so my method is to keep as much fresh oil in the motor as frequent as i can.
how is having new oil arguable?
of course, having a separate tank (sohn adaptor) for oil to be fed to chamber for lubrication.... changes the whole story.
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get wise...
there is no "supreme" oil.
i do have a favorite... valvoline. but i will not argue it to be any better than another reputable brand, its just another product to me.
unless.... if they paid me.
there is no "supreme" oil.
i do have a favorite... valvoline. but i will not argue it to be any better than another reputable brand, its just another product to me.
unless.... if they paid me.
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Thanks guys. Yeah I know that my engine failed because of the omp and not the type of oil used. I told me service manager when I was getting a new engine and he agreed.
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