first oil change on new motor
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
first oil change on new motor
i wil be changing the oil in my new motor soon and was wondering what some might recomend me using from then on out. the start u oil is el cheapo 10w-30 i got from work $8.50 5qts . any help will be greately appreciated!
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shell rotella is good on new engine, el cheapo oil isn't for break in oil. since you used cheap stuff for the most imporntant part of the engines life why worry about it now?
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
i actually think it was the rotilla oil but i get a pretty good discount on stuff we have at work. from what ive always been told from people around here that have built race motors and motors for just about anything is to use a lil cheaper oil for first 500 and then after that use whatever oil you want from then on out. personaly i havent cared for castrol to much ive used it before in past vehicle
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Car: 86 Trans Am,03 Yukon,92 Z28
Engine: 5.3, 5.3, lb9
Transmission: th350,4l60e,700r4
Axle/Gears: 3.73,3.73,2.73
posibly. but anyway are there ny other recomendations? in my old motor i ran 10w-30 penzoil and in my honda i ran mobil 1 but im kinda scared to go to synthetic cause thats part of reason why my hondas motor went
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Car: 68 Camaro, 73 Nova, 67 Mustang
Engine: 350, 355, 289
Transmission: Muncie, 700R4, C4
Maybe your engine builders just meant to use a standard oil. No synthetics, etc. The synthetics may stop it from breaking in properly. Many engine builders will recommend a break in oil and then oil to use after that - especially for hi perf motors. If it's a real race motor, then I would ask your engine builder what they use. They must have or sponsor a local race team or 2. That way, if it breaks in 90 days they don't complain about the oil you were using
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Car: 1984 Camaro Berlinetta
Engine: 355
Transmission: Th-350
Axle/Gears: 3.23
You seem just a bit mis-informed about oil, I've done tons of reading on oil and their qualities, maybe you should do a search on motor oil. My reccomendation is valvoline, a high quality oil(based on fact not opinion), for a very reasonable price. Synthetics are almost always helpful for an engine it's just if youre application needs it. Synthetic oil will help very minimally on an engine with a bad rod knock, but it will certainly prevent it due to it's higher quality control. The best oil out their is actually AMSOIL(also based on fact), but it also depends is it worth the money for your application.
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