Will do the test and pass the information to the list. Thanks..........Craig
On Sep 10, 2009, Jim Muller <jimmuller@rcn.com> wrote:
On 10 Sep 2009 at 18:04, thenicholls@verizon.net wrote:
> The oil is a synthetic, and I have seen many, many posts on
> the migration to synthetic and it just scares me...
> List, don't crush me.
Crush you? Never. I will however relate my conclusion about
synthetic oil. Two(?) years ago I switched the GT6 over to
synthetic, first Valvoline then Mobil-1 because it was easier to find
a higher viscosity. The only problem I've experienced was after the
last oil change the oil pressure light would flicker at idle, but
only after the engine was thoroughly hot. As I had not seen that
before I thought it was the oil but eventually remembered that I'd
also lowered the idle dramatically as an experiement. For various
reasons I ended up pushing it back to about 1000rpm, and the
flickering disappeared. I have never seen any evidence of leaking
from the engine. It has not seemed to disappear or burn off. Of
course I haven't taken the engine apart either but, knock on wood, I
have had no reason to. As far as I can tell, it just does what it is
supposed to do. I would trust the chemists at either Valvoline or
Mobil to know what they are doing far more than I would trust myself
or any I-read-it-on-a-website report.
Just my experience.
--
Jim Muller
jimmuller@rcn.com
'80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+
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