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Gently broke in per the book. Just changed oil at 14k+miles. Zero added over the 8000mile interval. Mobil 1 5w-30. Used a bit until about 7,000mi. Seems like a good

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Gently broke in per the book. Just changed oil at 14k+miles. Zero added over the 8000mile interval. Mobil 1 5w-30. Used a bit until about 7,000mi. Seems like a good motor. 2010-Z.

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Gently broke in per the book. Just changed oil at 14k+miles. Zero added over the 8000mile interval. Mobil 1 5w-30. Used a bit until about 7,000mi. Seems like a good motor. 2010-Z.
Nice, Mobile 1 is good stuff.

Found a nice table of flash point temps for a lot of different brands.
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