about multi grade oil, it's vaguely as you say .... I didn't catch that you'd just rebuilt it, folks do usually use the ZDDP additive or diesel grades with zinc for the first while, but I don't think not using it would contribute to temperature, and I'm not convinced it'd be a real wear problem not using it .... hopefully your rebuild included good assembly lube

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
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