I know it is overkill, but with the older cars I've purchased, I always
change oil at a 1500 mile interval to "purge" whatever might be in there
(Castrol 20/50 straight Dino.). I have a large stainless bowl purchased from
a hospital supply house that I clean and then drop the old oil into. With a
magnet at the bottom, I check the oil pretty closely.
With my TR6, I followed this to the letter, filter included. I do know of an
oil analysis available via the MBCA list, but haven't gone there yet.
Anyone else? Am I just, well, compulsive?
John
johnw@wrq.com
'74 TR6
'69 280SEc
>>Original message from Barry:
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 12:06:05 -0700
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: dirty oil
>I am still having problems with the oil in my 73 TR6 turning black after
>a few hundred miles of driving. I use 20-50 oil of good quality and the
>original cannister filter.
>No matter what brand of paper filter I use, the oil will not stay clean
>for long, and I don't like to drive with black oil, thus I end up doing
>oil changes too frequently.
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