Stu:
Glad we'll be able to run this together! Looking forward to it.
I've been adding 4 oz of Marvel to every tank of gas for the last 25 years
on the advice of the late Dave Raymond. My understanding was it provided an
upper cylinder lubricant to the mixture. Don't see what impact it would have
an ethanol-laced gas, though.
I plan to carry my own oil and filters (I use the K&N's with the big nut
pressed into the bottom of the canister). Jiffy Lube type places, or any
garage that still fixes cars, can drain oil over their pit and swap out the
filter with me carefully watching. I then pour in my own fluid and I'm off.
The charge is nominal-- real garages may do it just to be of service.
-John Deikis
*Running the Rallye to Reno in a '53 MG TD*
MG Drive for CURE <http://www.kidsCURE.blogspot.com>
<http://www.kidsCURE.blogspot.com> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Stuart
Keen <simbafish@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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