What is Break In Oil?
#1
What is Break In Oil?
I have doing some research on break in oil; specifically Royal Purple.
Is break in oil, just oil with additives suitable for a safe break in or does it actually promote and cause wear more so than normal conventional oil?
This sparked my curiosity because I noticed Edelbrock's oil states not to run it longer than 500 miles and Royal Purple states 2500 miles...
So is break in oil in reality..Bad for the engine if you run it too long?
Is break in oil, just oil with additives suitable for a safe break in or does it actually promote and cause wear more so than normal conventional oil?
This sparked my curiosity because I noticed Edelbrock's oil states not to run it longer than 500 miles and Royal Purple states 2500 miles...
So is break in oil in reality..Bad for the engine if you run it too long?
#5
Its an oil that has Zinc and phosphorus in it, supposed to protect the cam & valve train from premature wear ,plus i think it has friction modifiers to help the rings seat in properly and quicker..Not sure about the ls based motor but the old school chevys motors small block and big block will wipe a cam lobe quick if not broken in properly.....
#7
Anyone have any clue why it would have a mileage restriction?
The HPS Synthetic I plan to put in later has the same Zinc and Phosphorous levels.
I'm on the fence to keep running it or time to swap to Synthetic. So far the engine has about 250ish miles in it.
The HPS Synthetic I plan to put in later has the same Zinc and Phosphorous levels.
I'm on the fence to keep running it or time to swap to Synthetic. So far the engine has about 250ish miles in it.