Lada Samara 1500 break-in - what oil?
Posted: September 18th, 2008, 9:21 am
About two more weeks and the engine of my Lada Samara (1500 8V, 2xSolex C40) will be ready to run (expect a new topic in Readar's Cars soon). The enigne has done 160 000 km, probably always on mineral oil (lately Liqui Moly 15W40 with MoS2). It has a new crankshaft, piston rings, camshaft, valves, lifters, modified head. The only old parts lef are the pistons and connecting rods (I hope I am not messing anything in terms of vocabulary). And the question is: on what oil should the first kilometers of breaking-in be done?
I found your tip, Guy, on this forum recommending mineral oil for new engines' break-in. Can I consider my engine new? I am quite confused cause searching through the internet I found contradictory opinions: that it should be always done on mineral oil because with synthetic oils the friction is not big enough. Or that it should be done on the same kind of oil the engine is supposed to run on later on (in my case fully synthetic 10W60).
Please help me on this one cause it would be a ridiculous thing to waste all the time and money consumed on this project by choosing the wrong oil.
I found your tip, Guy, on this forum recommending mineral oil for new engines' break-in. Can I consider my engine new? I am quite confused cause searching through the internet I found contradictory opinions: that it should be always done on mineral oil because with synthetic oils the friction is not big enough. Or that it should be done on the same kind of oil the engine is supposed to run on later on (in my case fully synthetic 10W60).
Please help me on this one cause it would be a ridiculous thing to waste all the time and money consumed on this project by choosing the wrong oil.