Terry, right you are. Also, do not switch immediately to synthetic.
Even though they start and run new Corvette's on Mobil 1, we cannot get
the correct bore finish that is on modern engines. Ted
Terry Stetler wrote:
> Brad Penn does indeed make a break in oil.
>
> When last I spoke to one of their tech people he said to use it for the
> initial start up/ring seating only, then dump it.
>
> Terry Stetler.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Babcock<mailto:billb@bnj.com>
> To: Mark Eginton<mailto:markconsultation@twcny.rr.com>
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net<mailto:fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 11:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Break-in Oil
>
>
> Use a non synthetic with ZDDP. Break it in, dump the oil, use what you
> like.
> Joe Gibbs and Royal Purple make break in oils, I thin Brad Penn does to. I
> used to use cheap oil with the GMC ZDDP additive, but can't find it any
> more.
> On Apr 3, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Mark Eginton wrote:
>
> > 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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