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Subject:Re: Engine oil change interval
From:Kent Christensen
Date:Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:43:27 -0700

re:  just don't use an all synthetic oil until you have gone 5000
miles to allow the rings to bed in properly

I don't mean to question this advise, but it confuses me in light of
Porsche and Corvette advertising they come new from the factory with
Mobil 1.  Are they not telling the whole truth, does Mobil supply them
with special "break in" oil, or ... ?