I use Valvoline VR1 like Tony, but I add the Comp cams additive instead.
FWIW, my local speed shop carries Joe Gibbs break-in oil, yours may too. I
work for a John Deere dealership and we carry it too but I haven't tried it
as it is formulated for diesels. It may very well be suitable.
Bob Kramer
Volente, TX
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch
excellence.
Vince Lombardi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Eginton" <markconsultation@twcny.rr.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 9:39 PM
Subject: [Fot] Break-in Oil
> My new Isky grind cam came with a flyer recommending break-in oil but I
> can't seem to find it anywhere, nor does any one seem to know what it is.
> How serious is this? I'm hoping to irritate the neighbors Sunday or Monday
> unless I have to order oil on the internet. Left to my own device I would
> just run Castrol GTX 75k (30 wt) which had "almost" as much of the
> additives everyone thought were necessary as the best (long FOT thread
> 12-18 mos ago) and I love GTX. Decades of great luck; e.g. turbo SAAB with
> almost 200k on it sparkling clean inside - original turbo - daily
> driver...
>
> Happy Easter for those who celebrate...
>
> M
>
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