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      08-13-2018, 11:59 AM   #10
MarcoZandrini
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Originally Posted by svp1818 View Post
Mike Miller at CCA recommends an initial change at 1200 miles... but Marco, interested in your comment from Blackstone. So they said it'd take 5,000 miles to flush out...meaning it's not worth the 1,200 mile change, or it's worth doing that one plus another at 5,000?
Precisely. The lab said that it usually takes 5k miles for all of the assembly lubes, etc., to be fully flushed. I've changed the oil again, and sent the sample to the lab. The car had 4300 miles (and 4 track days!!) on the oil. No mention of assembly lubes in the second report.
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