re: just don't use an all synthetic oil until you have gone 5000 miles to allow the rings to bed in properly I don't mean to question this advise, but it confuses me in light of Porsche and Corvette advertising they come new from the factory with Mobil 1. Are they not telling the whole truth, does Mobil supply them with special "break in" oil, or ... ? |
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