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Old 02-06-2011, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaz64 View Post
Another vote for not using synthetic oil in a new engine.

You must use a good quality mineral oil with a high ZDDP level, otherwise it's goodbye camshaft.
The Elf oil over here is pretty good-approx. 1200ppm
Immediately after break in, I changed to Valvoline VR1 20/50
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