[Shotimes] Re: Miracle beater sho on ebay

[Kirk Doucette]

I heard somewhere that Synthetic oil will wear parts faster. Cant remember
who and when though.

Kirk J Doucette
NESHOC President
Stormtrooper-97 White

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Donald Mallinson
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 4:35 PM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Miracle beater sho on ebay

Alan,

Yep, I agree with that, and said so at the first.  Never
said that oil changes were a guarantee, but part of a plan.

But regular oil changes are a better thing than leaving in
dirty oil(properly filtered synthetic is another thing and
NOT a bad thing) which, as I said, HAS to increase wear on
all lubricated parts.  No way it can't.  Synthetic also
isn't a cure-all for this type of failure.  But it also
doesn't contribute to it, and can help reduce wear overall.

I have seen SHOs, something like yours, that are pretty well
cared for that used HUGE amounts of oil early in their life.

Again, I think luck of the draw on parts may be the best
explanation.

Don Mallinson

Alan Fanning wrote:

> I think what Ron was saying is that regular oil changes are no guarantee
of
> not having high oil consumption. I have a '90 SHO with ~165k on it. Bought
> it from the original owner who used synthetic and changed the oil
regularly
> since new. It sat for months when he was working away from home at times,
> but was otherwise pretty well cared for by an enthusiast owner. It started
> using oil badly at ~45k, IIRC, and gets maybe 600 miles a quart now (with
> the high mileage oil). Clean as a whistle inside though.
>
>     Alan
>
>
>>Dirty oil can't help but speed up wear/tear, that is a
>>given.  Why valve seals/guides go bad is about as hard to
>>track down as why some cam lobes go flat and others don't.
>>Just the luck of the draw on part quality is the best guess
>>at this point.
>>
>>Don Mallinson
>
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