Kent,
I'm new to these 1500's too, but Mark Childers sent me this link. You might
want to check it out too. There's an issue of getting them oiled quickly,
hence the multi-weight advantage.
http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/soro1?access=10165492207008&page=/membe
rs/bbsa/data/0078_001838.html
Gerard
>I recently changed oil in my new aquisition. I put 10w30 in and the cold
>pressure was fine. When it got hot though!! Went from 65 cold to a high of
>25 hot.
>
>Drained that puppy today and filled it with straight 40 weight. Hot runs
>between 40 and 60 pounds. Much better!!
>
>Kent
>1960 Bugeye
>1976 Midget
>Future old fart in an old car with thick oil!
G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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