Recent content by njsti

Dennis, I was a little hesitant doing that many oil changes during the break-in period, but like you said regarding rebuilding engines, I don't personally rebuild them either. Has any data been shown that doing that many oil changes is beneficial? Doing an oil change after the engine start...

Has your lead dropped from 10? Was it because of an aggressive tune? My tune is on the conservative side. I will check out Dyson Analysis, thanks. The oil cooler is new, yes. I am still running Royal Purple Break-in oil up to 5000 miles. I am currently at 3600, and plan to run a UOA at the 5000...

Hoping based on the feedback it is in fact "noise", and will go away as the engine continues to break-in. Is it possible that lead is being leached from the bearing? Copper also stayed steady, is this another sign? To add, my oil pressure is on target between 80-90psi at cold start, and...

My first post, so excuse me if I am lacking required information. This sample was taken from a rebuilt Subaru EJ257, which suffered from a piston ringland failure. The block halves were re-used, but pistons, rods, crank, bearings, etc. were all replaced with new parts. Oil change intervals...