Lucus Oil Treatment? Yes or No?

[Bryan]

should I be using lucus oil treatment in my 8v71? It was just rebuilt.

[buswarrior]

Snake oil.

Save your money for fuel and beverages?

You've heard the drill: 40wt CF2 oil.

happy coaching!
buswarrior

[TomC]

Neither oil treatment or synthetic oil should be used in a new or newly rebuilt engine. The slippery oil treatment or synthetic won't give the piston rings a chance to seat in. If after 20,000mi or so you want to change to synthetic, that's your choice. But, because of a 2 strokes natural oil burning nature (about 1 gallon every 2-2500mi), synthetic is waste of money, IMO. Using synthetic oil in transmission, rear end, wheel ends, makes sense. Good old CF2 straight sae40 is the engine oil to use. Good Luck, TomC