Oil for startup

Nov 2, 2005 | 03:24 PM

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Oil for startup

What weight oil should you use for a fresh engine build? Somewhere I read 20w50 for inital startup.
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Nov 2, 2005 | 05:06 PM

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We were told to use cheap 10w40 for my friend's ls2 402 start up.

Nov 2, 2005 | 06:43 PM

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use the same weight oil you're gonna run in the motor...