Engine break in

[Skweegle89]

Wanna Break- in that bad boy tomorrow? Get that royal purple break- in oil they said they have and while your there get an oil pressure gauge and a copper line kit for it



GET ERR DONE

All they had when I got there was royal purple 10w40. Wasn't break in oil. Just regular ol $10/quart oil lol.


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[350runner]

Go buy them parts and make the wifey happy bud. then maybe you can start getting laid again lol....


Joking

 

[350runner]

Crap. well poo

 

[rich weyand]

Lol I'm frugal, not cheap. I'm going to do it correctly, just getting anxious. My wife keeps walking around mad because there is $2500 worth of parts just sitting in my garage not being used yet, and I cringe every time I have to tell her that I need to go buy something else for it first.

Boy, do I know that story. "And how much is THAT going to cost?"

 

[Skweegle89]

Lol exactly


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[chengny]

Do you have an Advance Auto nearby?

If so, they carry Lucas Oil Products TB Zinc-Plus Engine Break-In Oil Additive.

I don't know the ZDDP content as compared with Comp Cams break-in fluid, but it must be wicked high. Lucas claims that the engine oil contains "5000 to 5200 ppm of zinc when (16 ounces of their product) is mixed into a 5 qt system".

But the good thing about Comp Cams break-in fluid is how sticky it is. You can assemble an engine and - even after a month or so in hot weather - when comes time for break-in, the parts will still have a good coating on them.

 

[Skweegle89]

Do you have an Advance Auto nearby?

If so, they carry Lucas Oil Products TB Zinc-Plus Engine Break-In Oil Additive.

I don't know the ZDDP content as compared with Comp Cams break-in fluid, but it must be wicked high. Lucas claims that the engine oil contains "5000 to 5200 ppm of zinc when (16 ounces of their product) is mixed into a 5 qt system".

But the good thing about Comp Cams break-in fluid is how sticky it is. You can assemble an engine and - even after a month or so in hot weather - when comes time for break-in, the parts will still have a good coating on them.

This Lucas additive is what I was warned to stay away from. Was told on multiple occasions that it's no good. I guess a couple different guys here used it in their dirt track cars and their motors locked up. Pulled the oil pans and found it set up like jello. Take it for what it's worth. Don't know how true it is but think I will just hold out for the comp cams additive.


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[ScottyB]

This Lucas additive is what I was warned to stay away from. Was told on multiple occasions that it's no good. I guess a couple different guys here used it in their dirt track cars and their motors locked up. Pulled the oil pans and found it set up like jello. Take it for what it's worth. Don't know how true it is but think I will just hold out for the comp cams additive.


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Did they use it as an additive or as an oil replacement? Seems a bit excessive if it set up like that. And no, I have no experience there, just an observation.

 

[Skweegle89]

Did they use it as an additive or as an oil replacement? Seems a bit excessive if it set up like that. And no, I have no experience there, just an observation.

I have no idea. Just not going to take any chances. I love Lucas products, but that's not the first time I was told not to use it. Just going to play it safe with the comp cam additive. I run casterol in all my other vehicles. Will this additive be fine with casterol gtx?


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[350runner]

Way I see it is comp makes cams... and they must have made the break- in oil to prevent from their cams failing upon the engines first critical run time. I can deff see Locus gelin up as that stuff is thick as molasses.

 

[ScottyB]

I have no idea. Just not going to take any chances. I love Lucas products, but that's not the first time I was told not to use it. Just going to play it safe with the comp cam additive. I run casterol in all my other vehicles. Will this additive be fine with casterol gtx?


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If you're asking me if they will work together, I don't have an answer for you. I know there are those who swear by Lucas products. I know there are others who swear that a good oil is all you need. I am not an expert and offer no opinion on the combination. Lucas overall has a good reputation so for them to provide a product that behaves the way you described is a bit surprising to me. For the effect you described it sounds more like someone thought that if a little is good than more is better. Lucas products tend to be thick so if you use too much...Thick is what you get.

From what I hear here, I would go with the Comp Cam stuff they were talking about earlier.

 

[350runner]

you are going to prime the oil pump once you get the oil right?

 

[Skweegle89]

Yea. We have a priming tool made out of a gutted dizzy.


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[350runner]

good deal.

 

[chengny]

Somebody wrote this and it sounds like a damn good idea:

Just a little trick I learned back in the Nam:

A couple of years ago I was trying to pre-prime an engine prior to break in. It was about this time of year and the garage was probably 10 degrees F. I had the priming distributor chucked up in a 1/2 Milwaukee Hole Shooter and it was a struggle to even hold the drill motor - never mind get oil flow up to the rockers.

I took a couple of contractor flood lights, set them on milk crates so they were right up near the oil pan, turned them on and walked away for the night.

Next AM - still just as cold in the garage. But when I cranked up the drill - what a difference! I could hold the drill handle with one hand, the gauge I had screwed into the top oil port immediately shot up to 45 psi and oil was gushing out of the tops of the push rods within a minute.

Since then I always use heat lamps or flood lights (even in warm weather) to pre-heat the oil in the sump (it usually gets up to about 120 F). I figure that way, it is getting to every far corner of the system - much more effectively than if the oil is cold.