How long to use break in Oil?
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How long to use break in Oil?
my built motor has 1,100 miles. Im using Bran Penn 30 Break in Oil right now. I dont no if i can get tuned on this oil. What does the 30 mean! ?-30W i dont understand why it just say 30! 30 WHAT?! Im thinking about going to brad penn 20-50w simi syn now. Just wanna double check n make sure im not doing that too early
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I believe 30 would be the weight of the oil. So its actually a 30W oil. I would think 1100 miles is plenty for a break in period. I believe most people usually break in and switch to a different oil even before that. I still think you might want to get Tom's opinion since he built your motor. Every performance shop that builds engines has different recommendations on how they prefer to break in their motors, what oil to run, and when to switch to synthetic. I'm sure you'll be wanting to run a 20w50, but again ask Tom since the oil you run will probably depend on the clearances used when the engine was built.
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I believe 30 would be the weight of the oil. So its actually a 30W oil. I would think 1100 miles is plenty for a break in period. I believe most people usually break in and switch to a different oil even before that. I still think you might want to get Tom's opinion since he built your motor. Every performance shop that builds engines has different recommendations on how they prefer to break in their motors, what oil to run, and when to switch to synthetic. I'm sure you'll be wanting to run a 20w50, but again ask Tom since the oil you run will probably depend on the clearances used when the engine was built.
i used it for 1000 what im trying to say is ive been flooring it on this oil idk if that is ok? another words i dont want the oil to be too thin and spin a bearing
will do just wanted to make sure the rings seated
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Your machinist is correct. Honestly with the correct air:fuel and timing 50 miles is more than enough. At this point I have built more engines than I care to remember. I know 94AWDcoupe above has and will probably say the same.
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16k miles of no problems and 165-170psi compression. Surely no one thinks that babying a new engine in the first few critical miles of break in is going to help seal the rings, reduce oil consumption, and keep good compression.
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