18 Mar 2005, 02:26 pm
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Huntington Beach, CA, USA.
Posts: 1,788
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quote:Originally posted by Topless in Cali
Don,
Yes, its 5 quarts, and no, do not change it immediately or put in a filter right away! Do it after the break in period. All vehicles new have a layer of special lube on the innternals that needs to burn off first with the original oil and putting that high flow filter will just add super fine dust to the mix. I go about 800-1000 miles break in, after that do the oil and filter. If you put the new oil in right away, you will be mixing that burn off and extra particles into good synthetic during that crucial time in the engine's life, basiclly wasting the new oil. just drive mellow for the breakin period, Have some patience....
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??? Assembly lube is used to reduce friction in the first time start of the engine when there is no oil in a lot of the engine. Even then they will have pressurized the engine once before start up. Assembly lube is basically gone after the first start. There is no "burn off" and certainly no harm to engine oil. Manufacturers don't even use a "break in" oil any more as far as I know. They simply call for a low "first number" in the vicosity rating of the engine oil. They used to call for an early oil change to dump the breakin oil but no more. IMHO it is a good idea though to still do an early oil change and inspect the oil just to make sure there is nothing bad going on inside.
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 '03 Inferno Red GT, 5 speed, STAGE 1, Mopar BOV, Plastic Intake, Modified Upper and Lower Airbox, Custom Airbox-to-turbo pipe, Borla dual exhaust, Maddog Short Shifter, Drilled/Slotter Rotors, Ceramic Pads, chrome wheels, chrome door spears, AMP chrome fuel door, PT Cruiser 3rd light diffuser, H&R Springs, Rear Sway Bar added, MGW chrome door lock pulls, Blane's hood struts, Custom license plate mount, some interior dress up stuff...more to come
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