[DeTomaso] gumball3000 & Mobil 1

[boyd casey]

I have been told that switching to a synthetic oil in an older engine was
not a good idea. Any comments or opinions.Boyd

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

> Dear Steve,
>
>
>                 You've been running  exactly which formulation of Mobil 1
> in a 351C for six years and 40k miles??
>
>
>                                  Curious,  Chuck Engles
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Hawkins" <shawkins777 at comcast.net>
> To: "'Dave Londry'" <davel at emspace.com>; <LEVITT1946 at aol.com>
> Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] gumball3000
>
>
> > I've been running it for 6 years and over 40,000 miles with no oil
> related
> > problems.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On
> > Behalf Of Dave Londry
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 5:38 PM
> > To: LEVITT1946 at aol.com
> > Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] gumball3000
> >
> >
> > Robert
> > There is a lot of traffic about oil on this forum and:
> >
> > - either switch to 10W50 mobil 1 or get a zinc additive.(zddp on the
> label)
> >
> > 10W30 mobil 1 is too low in zinc for an old-style engine like our
> > clevelands.
> >
> > dave
> > #6143
> > Vancouver BC
> > Good - luck, I'll be waving but I'll be too far away for you to see.
> >
> >>
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