boo radley
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Nobody is debating their choice of motor oils.I urge that we do not let this thread get off the rails by making it about synthetic vs regular oil. Not only is that a different debate, it takes away from what most readers coming to this thread are interested in.
PS: @Jus Cruisin has the wrong understanding of what the guy in the video is talking about as well. It turns out that these comments came under a lot of skepticism, just like here. So, he did a second video to clarify his comments. While there is a lot to clarifying, it boiled down to that he runs synthetics (only the best kind) in his own truck and was mainly advising against / venting about people going 15,000 - 20,000 between oil changes. I am not posting the link here as that’d just lead to more off-topic discussion. Anyone interested can google it.
The conversation is about breaking in a new engine and that would include oil changes in the first few thousand miles and thousands of miles thereafter. The whole premise of breaking the engine correctly is for longevity. Therefore, oil changes post break in are pertinent to this discussion.
I posted the video of this engine builders "opinion" and stated that clearly. For me, I find his observations to be truthful since I began to use synthetic in my 5.4 from day 1. I routinely took road trips where the truck was set at 80 mph for 5 - 6 hours between stopping. I would have to believe that my engine got up to normal operating temperature throughout its life.. When I finally traded that truck in, it had 240,000 on the engine. Same timing chain and no engine issues whatsoever. Ive never had to change a timing chain in 5 new F150s.
My present 5.0 has been treated the exact same way. At 160,000, I have none of the 5.0 engine issues that I see people complaining about.
Bottom line is that I have shared the way that I have broken in new engines in an effort to keep them away from the mechanics wrench.
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