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Re: [Mg-t] Changing Oil - Rallye to Reno

To: mgbob@juno.com <mgbob@juno.com>,
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Changing Oil - Rallye to Reno
From: "lawrie" <lawrie@britcars.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:40:51 -0800
Try www.pure-gas.org instead of www.pre-gas.org ......


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: mgbob@juno.com <mgbob@juno.com>
>  To: simbafish@comcast.net
>  Cc: mg-t@autox.team.net
>  Subject: Re: [Mg-t] Changing Oil - Rallye to Reno
>  Sent: 15 Apr '11 05:58
>  
>  Hi Stu,  Today's Hegarty Insurance newsletter has several tabs of interest,
>  one of which is about fuel.  Check    www.pre-gas.org    for a list of
>  ethanol-free stations.   I needed to try it several times before it loaded.
>  Click on the state, then stations are listed.   Alas, CT is not one of
>  them.Bob
>  
>  ---------- Original Message ----------
>  From: Stuart Keen <simbafish@comcast.net>
>  To: MG <mg-t@autox.team.net>
>  Subject: [Mg-t] Changing Oil - Rallye to Reno
>  Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:20:04 -0400
>  
>  I will be driving my 1951 MG TD MkII on the Rallye to Reno this June. Would
>  appreciate advice on two issues:
>  
>  1. The total trip will be between 8,000 and 9,000 miles - I intend DRIVING
>  the return if no problems. Cars like my TD require oil change and lube every
>  3,000 miles. Any suggestions on where I might do that myself? Are there club
>  workshop/garages for members and visitors on the West Coast? I really don't
>  relish the idea of turning the car over to Midas, Jiffy Lube etc. I9d rather
>  do the work myself, then I have no one else to blame.
>  
>  2. After checking out my TD thoroughly, I turned it over to my local British
>  garage for a professional look. It passed with no improvements except a
>  slight adjustment of the rear carburetor (turned one flat). But periodically
>  the car feels like the combustion is rough. Last night at our local Car Club
>  Meeting, there was a talk about Ethanol and what it is doing to our cars. It
>  was suggested that if you cannot find an Ethanol free gas station (on a
>  drive coast to coast that would be near impossible), it was suggested to add
>  4 oz of Marvel Mystery Oil to a tank of gas. The British garage this morning
>  suggested adding Seafoam. Has anyone tried either as an additive and were
>  the results good? Some suggest that adding MMO might even eliminate or
>  reduce vapor lock. That would be a God-send.
>  
>  Thanks one and all for any suggestions (other than staying home). And why
>  not join the rest of us lunatics for a scenic drive to Reno and beyond?
>  
>  Stu Keen
>  
>  1951 MGTD MKII
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