>From personal experience:
1- 1974 MG Midget - 257,000 miles always on Castrol. Still has original
crank and std. brngs.
2- 1973 MG Midget (elder son's) 252,000 miles, always on castrol -
original crank and std brngs.
3- 1972 MGBGT - 196,000 miles- Ditto
4 - 1988 Honda (obligatory non-LBC content) - always on Castrol.
132,000 miles -Never even had the head off!
On 1,2, &3, the inside of the engine is CLEAN. (Can't remark about #4
haveing never looked)
In all cases, I have never had an oil related problem, beyond the normal
leaks, etc.
Most important thing, though is regular oil and filter changes (not more
than 3000 mile intervals.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:01:49 -0700 (PDT) Jamey Harris
<jameyh@charles.stanford.edu> writes:
>
>
>Just curious. Why Castrol over any other brand?
>
>
>Jamey Harris
>'79B
>
>On Fri, 24 Oct 1997, Darby wrote:
>
>> Hello Dennis:
>>
>> Congratulations on the MGB!
>>
>> It is not widely known, but when Moses came down from the mountain,
>there
>> was a third stone tablet of commandments (since lost,
>unfortunately). I
>> once saw a rare rubbing made from it though, and Commandment No. 13
>stated,
>> "Thou shalt run Castrol 20W/50 in all thy LBCs."
>>
>> David F. Darby
>> Hilda, Missouri USA
>>
>>
>> ----------
>> > From: DenRP@aol.com
>> > To: mgs@autox.team.net
>> > Subject: Engine Oil
>> > Date: Friday, October 24, 1997 10:27 AM
>> >
>> > I will be changing the oil in my recently purchased 72 B this
>weekend.
>> >
>> > What is the consensus on weight and/or best brand to use? The
>Haynes
>> manual
>> > list 20W-50 as the recommended weight.
>> >
>> > Dennis Pfeifer
>> > 72 MGB
>> > Ft Collins,CO
>>
>
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