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Brass Material Found in Engine Oil

Old Jul 17, 2014 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by supergoat
5w-20 too thin? You better not tell that to my engine. 74,000 miles of whatever crap 5w-20 that's on sale on it mixed with about half a quart of MMO. Changed normally every 3k miles. Sometimes 4-5k.

I guess my engine should have died thousands of miles ago instead of running like new. Interesting.

after seeing dozens and dozens of rx8 engines with OMG 5w20

I dare you take it apart now, I'm sure some parts are already out of spec.

will not happen if it had some heavier oil
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