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Originally Posted by Smaug
The break-in oil will have all the sharp edges and dust/sludge that gets knocked off the inside of the engine. You've GOT to change that on Chinese stuff. Change or clean the oil filter too. It's not well-made enough to skip that. But that's not what's causing your lack of power.
Valve clearances would be the next thing I'd do, I think.
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Thanks for the info. I'll go ahead and change the oil and adjust valves. I'm going to go with regular high quality oil, like 10-40W for the next hundred miles. Then I'm switching to synthetic, Mobil 1.