[T3] Stuck wheel cylnders

[Keith Park]

Google Brad Penn and you'll find it.  Oils are all different now and you
cant break in an engine with the modern oils, most builders will tell you
not to run the modern oils in them at all, broken in or not.  You may want
to break it in with the BP but then change to a dino oil with the ZDDP
additive or use the Joe Gibb.  BP runs too hot to use as a regular oil.

Other choices are racing oil with the ZDDP like Pennzoil 25W50 but I
wouldn't use a thick oil like that in a new engine.

Keith


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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Dennis
Stiefel
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:04 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Stuck wheel cylnders




I know Im jumping the gun here a bit but when you get your engine in be sure
to go thru the correct break in procedure, especially if your using a new
cam and lifters.  There are special break in oils available these days that
are used for this, Brad Penn makes one and Joe Gibb makes another.  You want
to run it at 2000RPM and no less for about 20 minutes to break in the cam
properly.

Keith


Top Notch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
87 golf "Winterat"
93 RX7 "Redstur"

OK I know I'm going to sound stupid here but I've never heard of Brad Penn.
Is that like Pennzoil?  I guess you can get it on line. Never seen it in a
parts store. I have been doing some of research on the zinc in oil thing and
I get a lot of different answers on that one. Back when I was a kid dad used
Chevron Special oil 30 W. When I got it and put the 1641 with the
progressive Webber in it I ran Castrol GTX 20W50 in the summer and 10W40 in
the winter. I know GTX no longer has zinc and Chevron Special is long gone.
Not sure what direction I will go now but I will look into this Brad Penn.

Dennis   

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