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Something is not right in your engine,
Posted by
spddracer
on December 28, 2006 at 6:48 PM
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Best oil weight for newly rebuilt engine
posted by zyoulater
on December 28, 2006 at 06:05 PM
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Its not the oil, Something is not right in your engine. Either a bad lifter, stuck orifice in the block deck that goes to the lifter gallery ect.
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Best oil weight for newly rebuilt engine
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zyoulater
18:05:31 12/28/06
ask an engine builder for their recommendations.
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WAGGZ
18:33:14 12/28/06
Something is not right in your engine, -
spddracer
18:48:23 12/28/06
but lifters are brand new. I was told this is normal for
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zyoulater
19:22:02 12/28/06
Not normal..
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spddracer
21:13:22 12/28/06
New engines run 5w30 mineral oil until couple thousand miles
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twinturbopoweredz
18:49:22 12/28/06
Wrong, New engine now run 5 w30, regardless
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AzHeat
19:32:54 12/28/06
We dont run solid tappets, its hydraulic
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twinturbopoweredz
19:48:34 12/28/06
Realy I thought we had solid tappets? (n/m)
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AzHeat
20:03:21 12/28/06
No, our cars have hydraulic lifters. (n/m)
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twinturbopoweredz
20:05:52 12/28/06
Hydraulic lash adjusters* (n/m)
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spddracer
21:50:23 12/28/06
Blah, you know what i meant ;) (n/m)
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twinturbopoweredz
11:22:48 12/29/06
it's hydraulic, you learned something new everyday : ) (n/m)
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zyoulater
20:21:41 12/28/06
I was being sarcastic. :) (n/m)
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AzHeat
20:42:10 12/28/06
Yeaaa i'm sure you were. ;) (n/m)
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twinturbopoweredz
13:15:55 12/29/06
Stupid ticking bastards (n/m)
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ZiNnYc
20:40:34 12/28/06
are you using stock valve springs and are the
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ztunerz
21:23:47 12/28/06
yup stock. (n/m)
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zyoulater
21:44:40 12/28/06
then it should not tick BUT
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ztunerz
23:46:27 12/28/06
I used 20w50, and changed the oil like 5 times before it had
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Eishozzzz
22:40:14 12/28/06
You used 20W50 during a break in too? Or just now? (n/m)
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twinturbopoweredz
11:21:14 12/29/06
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