10w30 seems too light to me, especially for summer use. Did you read my
screed on oils in general?
on 7/29/04 7:21 PM, Danny Varnado at dannyvarnado@cox.net wrote:
> I used 10W 30 for break. The Mobil 1 is 10W 30 also.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carl French
> To: Danny Varnado ; MG List
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 8:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Synthetic oil / pressure
>
>
> What viscosity oil did you use for the breakin period?
> I too got less than satisfactory pressure with a trial of synthetic and went
> back to dino oil. Curious to hear some thoughts on this. You should be seeing
> higher numbers at this point. 30w is the standard break in oil.
> Carl French
>
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