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

[adin at frontier.net]

Call me stupid and old-fashioned (I am) . . . . oh, and wrong.

I want dino juice in my motors.

Dan (Jones) has told me he runs synthetic in his commute car (5.0  
hosstang) and beats it like a cheap whore.  170,000 and running strong.

My opinion comes partly from by belief in frequent oil changes and I'm  
so freakin'cheepcheep.

as an aside here, thinking (always gets me in trouble) - isn't part of  
the function of oil to carry away contaminents????

respectfully,
Tweetch Hizone
(to each his own)



Quoting Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>:

>     I think the oil change interval requirements should also be   
> considered.  My first experience with synthetic oil was Amsoil in a   
> Yamaha 1100 about 28 years ago.  The factory interval was 2,500   
> miles, and I went 10,000 miles between changes for four consecutive   
> years and at 40,000 miles the engine looked like new inside the   
> valve covers.  The valves also required almost no shimming, and I   
> almost felt guilty to throw away the new looking oil after 10,000   
> miles.
>
>     My personal belief is that dino oil oxidizes to some extent, and  
>  creates the gunk we see in motors, and synthetic oil doesn't, so  
> the  engine stays clean.  I'm not sure how that affects wear, but I  
> think  it's possible that some of the oxidation products may be  
> abrasive.
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/13/09, Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Mobil 1 Oil... million mile test
> To: adin at frontier.net
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 8:47 AM
>
> 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??????????????????????
>>
>> We need to keep our comparisons on the apple-to-apple basis. (IMO)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Thomas Borcich <tborcich at msn.com>:
>>
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Here's the link for the video on the testing
>> > http://www.mobil1.com.au/performance/miles.aspx
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> >
>> > Tom Borcich
>> >
>> >
>> >
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