Just rebuilt my stock D16y7. Time to fill the fluids and start her up.
What would be the proper start up procedure after the rebuild? I also am thinking about running synthetic. I don't exactly remember, but are you supposed to run conventional for a short period before synthetic after a rebuild? I'm thinking to clean out any debris thats in the system and only use conventional cause it's cheap. If that's true, for how long? Or should I just dump in the synthetic? What are your thoughts? Thanks.


Modified by BLinindoll at 1:46 PM 11/29/2007

 

There are a hundred schools of thought on oil types.

What I would do, is start with Conventional, change regularly for 10k miles.

Then, switch to a blend for a change or two, the go full synthetic if that's what your goal is.

Either way, any oil will do exactly the same for the life of your engine as long as you change it at regular intervals. Regardless of being synthetic or not.

 

BUMP...

Gonna start her up soon with conventional. What should the procedure be? Just let it idle till warm then idle for another 15 minutes? That's what ALLDATA recommends after new bearings I think. Sound ok?

 

Regular oil for start up and dyno session. Synthetic after.

The procedure we follow:
http://laskeyracing.com/shop/breakin.htm


Edit: Sorry this is for race motors, stock rebuild just use cheap stuff


Modified by Luserkid at 9:09 PM 11/29/2007

 

yea keep the synthetic oils until after break in.

 

Start with dino, then after 10k, still use dino. Then after 100k, use more dino.



Seriously, if you're not going to do any extensive tracking (and I mean extensive, as in track-only car), dino oil will do you just fine. Just change it every 4-5k miles, and you'll be good.

What I would suggest is getting your oil tested every now and then (sending it in to blackstone labs, for example). That will help you determine if your engine is in prestine running shape.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by p nut &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Start with dino, then after 10k, still use dino. Then after 100k, use more dino.



Seriously, if you're not going to do any extensive tracking (and I mean extensive, as in track-only car), dino oil will do you just fine. Just change it every 4-5k miles, and you'll be good.

What I would suggest is getting your oil tested every now and then (sending it in to blackstone labs, for example). That will help you determine if your engine is in prestine running shape.</TD></TR></TABLE>

agree, you don't need to use synthetic. I've had good results with Castrol GTX