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<blockquote data-quote="Steelers Fan" data-source="post: 4229805" data-attributes="member: 16254"><p><strong>Yes , Yes, Yes <em>swampratt</em>!!!</strong> Earlier is better. On any new equipment I've purchased, be it large or small engine, I've always changed the oil at the quarter and half point of the first recommended change interval.</p><p>Example, If recommended change is every 3000, then I change at 750, 1500, 3000, 3000, etc. I do this for my own piece of mind, and because oil is cheap compared to a motor. My theory is to remove any harmful, suspended material from the flow sooner. A new engine can have small, machined, flakes of fury looking to scar your cylinder walls or more. I had a new truck once that spun the main bearings at 4500 miles and required a new short block. What a bummer! After that I couldn't help but envision this start to unfold. I could see in my mind this bearing, slightly shifting, moving about ever so slightly as it was seating in with all those other components trying to snuggle into their spots. The smallest of particles from shaved, worn in new components and any small debris missed on the build best be removed sooner. <em>This won't stop a catastrophic failure like mine had but it could make your Monday Manufactured Motor a Wednesday Wonder years down the road.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steelers Fan, post: 4229805, member: 16254"] [B]Yes , Yes, Yes [I]swampratt[/I]!!![/B] Earlier is better. On any new equipment I've purchased, be it large or small engine, I've always changed the oil at the quarter and half point of the first recommended change interval. Example, If recommended change is every 3000, then I change at 750, 1500, 3000, 3000, etc. I do this for my own piece of mind, and because oil is cheap compared to a motor. My theory is to remove any harmful, suspended material from the flow sooner. A new engine can have small, machined, flakes of fury looking to scar your cylinder walls or more. I had a new truck once that spun the main bearings at 4500 miles and required a new short block. What a bummer! After that I couldn't help but envision this start to unfold. I could see in my mind this bearing, slightly shifting, moving about ever so slightly as it was seating in with all those other components trying to snuggle into their spots. The smallest of particles from shaved, worn in new components and any small debris missed on the build best be removed sooner. [I]This won't stop a catastrophic failure like mine had but it could make your Monday Manufactured Motor a Wednesday Wonder years down the road.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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