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				Oil Additives - Jake?
			 
 
			i recently completed a 3.4L conversion.  everything is running great, but on occasion, i'm hearing a single sticky lifter at idle.  the motor sat for eight years prior to being installed in my car, so i figure a little bit of wear & oil circulation would start to clean everything out.
 i'm at about 700 miles now, & it still happens.  i'm wondering if there's a remedy that could help clean out any gunk.  should i just rely on time & normal oil detergents?  years ago, i remember various solvent oil additives one could use in these types of situations (i.e. sea foam, etc).  these solvents could be run in the crankcase for a little while & really worked pretty well.  i am, for obvious reasons, hesitant to go this route w/ a modern porsche motor.....
 
 right now i'm running castrol syntec 10w-30 with an OEM filter.  i plan on an oil / filter chantge w/ another oil analysis 300 miles from now.  FYI, the analysis of the oil that sat in the motor for eight years was excellent.
 
 anyone have thoughts on this situation?
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