Posted by ScottyHOMEy on November 03, 2009 at 03:27:26 from (71.241.194.40):
In Reply to: Tight C posted by RalphL on November 03, 2009 at 03:11:20:
I'd sooner suspect poor battery connections or small cables. With everything clean, shiny and bright (don't forget the chassis ground), 6v will turn even a new tight motor quite nicely. Automotive type 4 ga cables are too small, though for 6v. They need to be 2 ga at minimum, though 1/0 is about primo.
If you prefer synthetic oil, it will be fine, but I'd hold off on it and use good old dino oil until you've got the motor broken in, maybe 50 hours or better. The newer car engines that don't require a break-in period can run synthetic from the git-go, but my understanding is that the synthetics actually hinder the seating of new rings and so on in motors that need a break-in.
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