Hi,
> >I want to change the engine oil in my `72 Midget.
> >I have no idea what type the previous owner used
> >( synthetic or mineral and grade) and I wonder what
> >I should go for. Saw the Magnatec ads on telly recently
> >and am asking myself whether it works and if it is worth it.
>
> Someone else, on this list I think, said he suffered from very low
> oil pressure with Magnatec, which is 10/40 grade. I would stick to
> 20/50.
That was me. After a 5 minute motorway run at 70mph on a 3000 mile
1500 Midget engine the oil pressure light was flickering at about 700 rpm. I
understand that this means the oil pressure is only 8psi. It really does
go like water, dripping of the dipstick as soon as you remove it.
Swapped back to the normal duckhams / castrol stuff and hey presto
no flickering oil pressure light. Spoken to a few people and they say
Magnatec is just too thin for our type of engines.
RoB
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