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Re: [TR] Non LBC Content

To: wbmcleod@cox.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Non LBC Content
From: TRDOCTOR@aol.com
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 23:15:39 EDT
In a message dated 10/28/2006 4:32:08 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
wbmcleod@cox.net writes:

I have  been using Mobil 1 15k stuff, along with a K&N oil filter on  
my  2005 Scion xB, going 15K between changes, and have had no signs of   
wear of any kind in over 80K miles of daily city delivery  driving....  
I am sold on it!  Regards, Bill
Slightly  Classics
Tucson


On Oct 28, 2006, at 12:46 PM, TRDOCTOR@aol.com  wrote:

> In a message dated 10/28/2006 12:47:00 P.M. Central  Standard Time,
> frede.thomas2@verizon.net writes:
>
>  Sam,  this opinion comes a engine rebuilder/racer, he says no finer   
> oil in
> the  world than Mobil 1, but he recommends from  day one and not  
> after the
> miles  you have on the  explorer, he says it will work just great  
> but is so
>  fine  it will find every weak point or loose point and leak like a   
> sieve,
> still  says it the greatest, I will not use it in  my T/R3 because  
> of the age
> of  the engine and it  already leaks enough. I do not pass this on  
> as a  expert
>
> but as a rebuilders opinion.   "FT"
>
>
>
>
> Fred;
> Thanks for the  advice.  However. . .   Mobil 1 (M1) is  exactly   
> what I ended
> up putting in it.  And the 15k stuff (read  - high  dollar!) to  
> boot.  It does
> not leak a  drop now so I guess we'll see  what happens.  I don't,   
> by the way,
> plan to go 15k between oil  changes.   My plans are to see what  
> happens at 10k
> and go from  there.   I figure that the pay off is the same as using   
> Dino and
> changing at 3k and with  superior lubricative  (sp) properties.  Any  
> other
> opinions out  there?
>
> Sam and Carol Clark
> Green Country  Triumphs
> TS45355L  O
> CC82030U  O
>




Thanks for the info Bill.  I guess we'll find out how it does in  a high 
mileage engine!
 
Sam and Carol Clark 
Green Country Triumphs 
TS45355L  O
CC82030U O


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