Since there is a thread here on oil I was curious to ask if anyone has used Mobil 1 and had problems with leaks prior to using? Question is does it leak more or less after switching ?
Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Snort! > >You may not be old enough to remember the "unofficial" test reported by >a chief engineer at Ford in the early 70's when Mobil first started >selling Mobil 1. > >Seems Mobil had sent for some for engine testing "when they got around >to it" and it got stashed in the back room. During an engine endurance >test (with on the fly oil changes), the engineering department ran >short of the oil being tested and called the chief -- no oil, have to >cancel the endurance (testing to destruction) test. He said "use that >weird stuff Mobil sent us til Monday when we get the right oil" -- and >all the wear stopped in the engines while the Mobil product was in use >(it wasn't Mobil one, but an earlier similar formulation. > >This convinced the chief engineer that Mobil was onto something, and >since he had just had a new company car, a fourdoor Continental, >delivered, he had the Mobil oil put in and "tested" for on the road use >by NEVER changing it -- new filter every 10,000 miles and level >maintained only. > >At about 125,000 miles he stared to get nervous and had the engine torn >down, to discover essentiall NO wear -- most parts were >indisinguishable from new. Remember, this was about 1966 or so, when >both oil and gasoline weren't anywhere near what they are now. > >The article was in Popular Mechanics or a similar magazine I read in >High School -- I graduated in 1974. > >Mobil 1 and similar synthetic oils are vastly better lubricants than >mineral based oils (and are required for use in jet engines -- Amsoil >started out as re-packaged military spec oil for jet engines -- in >fact, using mineral oil in a jet engine will quickly kill it from >sludge buildup. > >The only drawback is cost, and if you run synthetic oil 6000 miles >between changes rather than 3000 for dino, even that disadvantage goes >away. Note that dino oil , of any type, should NOT be run more than >3000 miles between changes. By that milage it is usually saturated >with water, the detergent qualities are starting to decline, and the >viscosity will start to change. All borne out by both oil analysis >(try it, you'll see) and both my personal and other people's results -- >we ran a 1992 Chevy box van, V6 engine, for 325,000 miles without ANY >engine work other than a water pump or two by changing the oil at >Speedy Oiler every 3000 miles. Not the hardiest engine, by far, and it >eventually got so low on compression it wouldn't start at all without >ether, but hey, 300,000 miles on detroit iron! > >A friend of mine has a Chevy Blazer of similar vintage and 250,000 >miles, still runs fine with a bit of blue smoke on startup (valve >guides probably), has always changed the oil every 3000 miles. > >Peter > > >_______________________________________ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- 69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles 72 350SL 108,000 Miles 2004 VW Passat 4 Motion 1999 Mazda Miata __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
