I think you've got to consider that the new engines are more precision built with proper clearances and some techno goodies that older engines aren't going to have. Consider that a Seiko watch is never touched by human hands in the production process (it is said). It is possible that they run the engines in before they get installed and the break in oil is dumped and replaced with the Synthetics before they are installed. I can absolutely tell you that new engines fail too. I have personal knowledge of vehicles owned by family members who have had big problems with Nissan, Land Rover, Lexus, Cadillac, Lincoln, Dodge and Ford trucks that have resulted in major expenses that are engine, timing belt, valve train related, plus lots of oil leaks and digital instrument failures. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:57:05 -0400 Clarence J Falarski <lamont@MINDSPRING.COM> writes: > I have heard all the opinions on breaking in new engines > on synthetic motor oil, some pro some con. Most people feel that you > should wait somewhere between 5 and 15 thousand miles until the > rings set properly. > > There are however a couple of high end automobile companies that > install synthetic motor oil at the factory in their new automobiles > and who's engines never see anything but synthetic oil, one is > Porsche the other I do not remember. > Perhaps they know something we don't. > clarence. > 1990 multivan > North Carolina > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. |
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