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Fri Feb 07, 2020 12:43 pm

We used to use GM EOS in V8's for cam break in, is there anything specific for the VW engines you recommend? Is the procedure the same? We used to run em up between about 1800 and 3000 for 20 or so minutes while varying the rpms between those ranges and changing the oil and filter after the first run. Also, on the CB performance oil pump that has the spin on oil filter cover, is that a PH8A type filter that it takes? I was gonna buy a couple for engine run in.

Fri Feb 07, 2020 1:14 pm

The cams I have uses all came with its own little "pot" of lube with no name or numbers so can't recommend lube ...

Probably 2000 RPM for 20 minutes is what others are going to say....

Oil pump cover should take anything that is 3/4 X 16 threads....

Prefer WIX or NAPA brand filter over Fram... But then everyone has own opinion of what is best filter...

Dale

Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:25 pm

Hold the PH8A in one hand, and anyone else's in the other, and the difference is amazing. I wouldn't use any Fram filter on any car these days. They use to be THE filter, but I think China bought them out.

Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:39 pm

CB will send you a Mahle 83a.
I did the same thing and ordered four oil filters and sump gaskets to go through all the break in maintenance.

There are many assembly lube products.
I’ve never been let down with the Permatex brand of anything.

Fri Feb 07, 2020 3:51 pm

http://www.cam-shield.com/acatalog/CamShaft_Assembly_Paste.html
Works for me!

Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:47 pm

cam break in is cam break in....usual techniques apply...whatever break in lube you decided to use should have been applied to the cam and lifters at the time of assembly...if you didnt use anything at all some EOS and high zddp oil would be a lot better than nothing

Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:32 pm

I use CamShield on the lobes and lifter faces. For oil I use Lucas Hot Rod & Classics with the proper amount of zinc already in it. I used to use EOS but now I just get oil with zinc

brad

Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:14 am

Never understood the cam lube. It wipes off after like two revolutions.

Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:58 am

jason wrote: Never understood the cam lube. It wipes off after like two revolutions.
Me too, this is why I like to overfill the case with enough oil to bathe the cam.
Dan

Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:06 pm

There's still a film of lube even after a few revolutions and that's all it takes. Better a film of lube than metal on metal.

brad

Sat Feb 08, 2020 3:32 pm

I use the Permatex assembly lube -red color...for cam /lifter face lube, valve stems and tips. All else gets the 30W oil for assembly. Worked for me for years.