Subject	Wrong, New engine now run 5 w30, regardless
Posted by	AzHeat on December 28, 2006 at 7:32 PM
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In Reply To	New engines run 5w30 mineral oil until couple thousand miles posted by twinturbopoweredz on December 28, 2006 at 06:49 PM
Message	of break in or not. This is true on my previoius Mazda 3 and now on my new Toyota Tacoma. A lot of OEM run solid tappet valve train instead of hydraulic. This is true at least for Nissan, Toyota, Mazda that I know off.
Follow Ups	Best oil weight for newly rebuilt engine - zyoulater 18:05:31 12/28/06 ask an engine builder for their recommendations. - 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 - zyoulater 19:22:02 12/28/06 Not normal.. - spddracer 21:13:22 12/28/06 New engines run 5w30 mineral oil until couple thousand miles - twinturbopoweredz 18:49:22 12/28/06 Wrong, New engine now run 5 w30, regardless - AzHeat 19:32:54 12/28/06 We dont run solid tappets, its hydraulic - twinturbopoweredz 19:48:34 12/28/06 Realy I thought we had solid tappets? (n/m) - AzHeat 20:03:21 12/28/06 No, our cars have hydraulic lifters. (n/m) - twinturbopoweredz 20:05:52 12/28/06 Hydraulic lash adjusters* (n/m) - spddracer 21:50:23 12/28/06 Blah, you know what i meant ;) (n/m) - twinturbopoweredz 11:22:48 12/29/06 it's hydraulic, you learned something new everyday : ) (n/m) - zyoulater 20:21:41 12/28/06 I was being sarcastic. :) (n/m) - AzHeat 20:42:10 12/28/06 Yeaaa i'm sure you were. ;) (n/m) - twinturbopoweredz 13:15:55 12/29/06 Stupid ticking bastards (n/m) - ZiNnYc 20:40:34 12/28/06 are you using stock valve springs and are the - ztunerz 21:23:47 12/28/06 yup stock. (n/m) - zyoulater 21:44:40 12/28/06 then it should not tick BUT - ztunerz 23:46:27 12/28/06 I used 20w50, and changed the oil like 5 times before it had - Eishozzzz 22:40:14 12/28/06 You used 20W50 during a break in too? Or just now? (n/m) - twinturbopoweredz 11:21:14 12/29/06
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