[TR] Break in Oil

[Tony Drews]

New rings won't seat with Synthetic Oil.  You need to run Dino juice 
for some time first, even if it's just one cylinder.

Tony Drews

At 04:17 PM 9/16/2014, terryrs at comcast.net wrote:
>Okay.  I rebuilt my TR3A stock engine, used 30 weight non-detergent 
>for a break in period, then switched to Mobil 1 fully synthetic.  All good.
>Then...engine was overheating.  Investigation led to a cylinder 
>sleeve that the machine shop cracked when honing (I say honing 
>because they didn't remove the lip at the top).
>Removed and replaced the cylinder sleeves and the now scored pistons.
>Question:  I've been running the same full synthetic oil.  But what 
>does that mean for seating the new rings?
>
>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>New Hampshire
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