[DeTomaso] Mobil 1 Oil... million mile test

[Charles McCall]

Driving a million miles is pretty impressive. But it would be more
instructive with a control - another identical car running brand X dino oil.
If both cars reach a million miles, then we know that it's less an issue of
oil and more an issue of a well engineered and assembled engine.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:11 PM, <adin at frontier.net> wrote:

> flat tappet or roller tappets??????????????????????
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> We need to keep our comparisons on the apple-to-apple basis. (IMO)
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> Quoting Thomas Borcich <tborcich at msn.com>:
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> > All the talk about oil and it's zinc content led me to Mobil's website.
> They
> > ran a BMW 325 for 1,000,000 miles using Mobil 1 oil...pretty
> > impressive results
> > with very little wear.
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> > I'd like to see them run that test on lesser engine, the BMW inline
> > six is one of the best engineered passenger car engine.
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> > Here's the link for the video on the testing
> > http://www.mobil1.com.au/performance/miles.aspx
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> > Best regards,
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> > Tom Borcich
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