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 Posted: 07-29-2007 03:19 am
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jensen4u

 

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I started up my JH after 5 years tonight. I had stored it with mavel in the cylindertops to preserve the rings. However, tonight when I cranked it up I lost about half a quart of oil out the tailpipe. It lessened as it ran for 10-15 minutes but nonetheless worries me. Worth mentioning is that I put SAE 30w in with some mavel added. The thinking was the thinner oil and the mavel would lube those sitting parts a little easier. I will change to the 20-50 once I have the bugs worked out and am ready to take it out for a drive. Can anyone provide me some insight as to what is causeing this. I thought it could be that the rings just need to reseat, but not sure.