Anybody had problems with Comp's red break in lube?

[Lars]

I talked to a guy online who said he had a Comp cam go flat when he tried to break it in with the red break-in lube that they supply with their camshafts. Anybody else experience this too?

 

[63dartman]

I've used the red comp lube on three seperate cams with no issues. One was a chevy 454 and two mopar smallblocks. I think as long as you have all of the valve geometry set up right and good oiling from the start-up you should be good.

I know it's not the best way to break-in a cam but, I didn't even pre-oil my engines. Maybe he had a defective cam or lifters. There are quite a few issues that could have led to his cam failure. Just make sure everything is set up properly before the first crank of the engine and lots a lube.

 

[66dartman]

I thought the comp lube was kinda' runny, but the Torco cam lube that was suggested to me was thick and stayed on the cam. No cam problems upon break in with Rotella 15-40 oil.

 

[Lars]

OK, well, I'm going to pre-lube it and I bought a couple bottles of the comp cam additive that has the zinc and all that stuff that makes cams happy.

 

[63dartman]

Yeah, now that 66dart mentioned about the viscosity of the comp lube, I do remember that. I just swapped out my comp cam for a lunati and the prelube that came with the lunati was quite abit thicker and stickier(more messy too ).

 

[340dartswinger]

i had 0 problems with the comp cam lube last winter when i rebuilt my engine. worked great

 

[RedlineDuster]

if the heads have dual valvesprings, and the inners weren't removed during breakin this problem can occur.

 

[D-mailman]

Very good point redline. Remove inner spring if you are running dual springs to break in new camshaft. Use the Engine oil supplement (EOS) with new cams and also diesel oil, 15/40. Any of the good brands will do. Rotella, Del-Vac 1300, Dello 400. After break in I still run the dieasel oil in my 340. Never a problem doing it this way. Good luck, Terry.