I just read from a recent thread that you should never use synthetic oil during the first 3000 miles (https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2270665). Well, too late for me. I already did it. I've probably driven the car a total of about 500 miles since the turbo was installed. Haven't experienced any problems yet. Should I change the synthetic oil to conventional oil ASAP? The turbo is a Tunerzimage.com "el cheapo" turbo kit. It's dyno tuned on crome at 9psi.


Modified by South Bay Surfer at 12:06 AM 7/17/2008

 

Why wipe your *** with a $50 dollar bill and throw it out?

It make's it harder to seat but on to the main point.

Seriously you're suppose to be changing your oil just, because of metal shavings so what is the point of spending money in higher priced oil?

 

I dont think theres any harm in running Synthetic right away after installing a turbo. As far as I know, a turbo doesnt require any "break-in".
If it was a freshly built engine, thats a different story.

 

anyone care to elaborate why metal shavings shoudl be coming out of the bearing housing during "breakin" of the turbo?


Modified by CRXdan at 1:18 AM 7/17/2008

 

Seems like there's some misunderstandings flying around in this thread. To the OP: did you just finish a fresh build/rebuild with new rings and/or pistons, or did you just slap a turbo setup onto your otherwise unchanged engine? If it's a fresh build/rebuild, then yes, you're supposed to run regular dyno oil in order to help the rings seat. If you just put a turbo setup on and didn't do anything to the internals, then there's nothing wrong with running synthetic. I'm going to assume MidShipCivic is basing his reply on the assumption that this is a fresh build, in which case the oil should be changed after the initial startup, and then several times up until you reach 1k miles, after which you can go back to a normal oil change interval. The metal shavings come from the new rings wearing into the freshly honed cylinder walls, but again, if the OP didn't do any internal engine work, this point is moot.

 

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I take that back I read his post, and the way he worded the oil talk I'm thinking he's breaking an engine in, but I didn't go to that link since it wasn't click-able.

I'm also still unsure what a tunerzine el cheapo turbo kit is, and if it's using one of those SSAC turbos you always have something to worry about it's a hit or miss with those turbochargers.

 

Yeah according to Garrett's website http://www.turbobygarrett.com/...l#t12

There is no specific way to break in a turbo. As CRXDan said there is no harm in doing it. I'v heard its better to run synthetic in turbo motors due to less breakdown in the oil due to all the heat. Just my 2 cents though.