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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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how many miles should you put on your truck intil you put synthetic in
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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sooner the better
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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typical break in for a motor on the original motor is 500-800 miles... its okay to put it in after that, im sure you have more miles than that tho.
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Old Nov 29, 2006 | 08:47 PM
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I put it in right when I bought my Avalanche used at 43k, thats about where I seem to get all my vehicles and never had any problems doing it.

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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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i was told by a mechanic that to wait until about 10k until putting some in because the rings arent broken in yet.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 05:53 PM
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i was told by a mechanic that to wait until about 10k until putting some in because the rings arent broken in yet.
ha the rings seat in the first 25-50 miles i think.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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the engine is broken in already from the factory. So i hear anyways
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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idk about the break in from the factory thing... but ya you dont need 10k miles for the rings to set in.. you'll be okay to put in syntheic now probably.. how many miles do you have?
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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When I got my 06 I changed the oil 2 days later and put mobil 1 in it,then changed that at 500 miles and then went 1000 miles and then now every 3000 miles.
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Old Nov 30, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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thats what i thought. hey sharlie im going to send my core to you tomorrow so ill call you tomorrow and get all the info from you.
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