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Ensure that the oil pump is primed with light grease or vaseline prior to cranking to give it that initial suction
Grease the cam and followers, mains, thrusts etc etc well
Use a cheap, lighter oil for the run in (eg: Halfords own brand 10w40). Thinner oil will wash the crap out the engine better during run in
DO NOT use synthetics or STP etc as you need the rings etc to bed in
Run for about a 30 seconds at 1000-2000 rpm varying
Check everything over. Run for another 5 minutes at around 2000rpm
Drain the oil and renew oil and filter. Check for large chunks of metal
Swap to a better medium viscosity oil such as Castrol GTX 15w50
Drive carefully with light throttle and no more than 3000rpm for 500 miles, then change the oil and filter
After 1000 miles use the full rev range and add a decent 15w50 or 20w50 oil
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