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1. synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: DEVierling@aol.com; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:32:48 EST; Anyone have an opinion (and I'm sure the list has some opinions...) regarding the use of synthetic oil in their LBC? Since I don't get to drive my MGB much I thought 100% synthetic oil might hold up; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00068.html (7,366 bytes)
2. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: Phil <jello@ida.net>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:47:23 -0700; I'm guessing there will be comments all over the board on this one, but let me relay my experience with synthetic gear oil. In my workplace, we have things called vibratory feeders. They have a "shak; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00069.html (8,607 bytes)
3. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: Fred Talmadge <fredtal@industryinet.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 18:22:40 -0600; Here is mine...if you change oil often, and you should, then why spend the extra money? My old Chevy truck ran 200,000 miles on Castrol 20W-50 with the only engine part replaced being a oil pump. I'm; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00070.html (8,582 bytes)
4. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: "jon" <humbersnipe@home.com>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 19:59:54 -0600; Ther is no doubt that synthetic oil out-performs conventional oils, but there is one other major concern - the viscosity. I run straight 30W in my Brit cars, because it holds a MUCH better hot oil pr; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00071.html (10,110 bytes)
5. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: DEVierling@aol.com; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:53:09 EST; Can't you go longer between oil changes with a synthetic? I've heard you can go 10,000 miles between changes - which offsets the extra cost of the oil. (Assuming synthetic costs approx. 3 times as m; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00072.html (8,630 bytes)
6. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: John McEwen <mmcewen@ualberta.ca>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:39:19 -0700; it's obviously not necessary Fred if you don't have cold or hot weather and don't really care whether your engine will run for any serious number of miles. Old Chevy trucks - of which I have 5 - don'; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00073.html (9,945 bytes)
7. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: John McEwen <mmcewen@ualberta.ca>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 20:55:46 -0700; Further to the use of synthetics vs conventional oils, the drain interval on synthetics is vastly extended because they don't form the nasty byproducts during their interaction with the products of c; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00074.html (11,108 bytes)
8. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: John McEwen <mmcewen@ualberta.ca>; Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 21:52:06 -0700; Hi Trevor: Long time no speak. As I understand it, the biggest problem with waxoyl is that is too stiff and cannot penetrate into small seams. Also, it cannot reach a lot of the areas within box sect; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00075.html (10,020 bytes)
9. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: Fred Talmadge <fredtal@industryinet.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 07:06:55 -0600; Changing oil removes any debris that is also in the oil. That is the most important reason to change oil. Petroleum oil probably lasts for 10,000 miles or more, it's the contamination that is the pro; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00076.html (8,851 bytes)
10. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:13:44 -0500; Read your chat with interest. Some things old are better than some things new, and some things new are better than some things old. But you mention Waxoyl - what do you know about it? I understand i; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00079.html (12,679 bytes)
11. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:23:44 -0500; Someone sent me the recipe for Waxoyl - paraffin wax dissolved in mineral spirits! This would be cheap to make. Waxoyl can be thinned with mineral spirits and/or by heating it up. I am looking to pr; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00080.html (11,598 bytes)
12. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 01 08:56:47 -0800; My TR3A runs Redline 75A90 in the diff, Redline MTL in the gearbox and Castrol 30 wt in the engine (which has a leaky front seal). Oils are changed at factory recommended intervals (3K mi for the eng; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00081.html (9,268 bytes)
13. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 01 09:13:21 -0800; The synthetics evidently can go longer without breaking down but you still have the problems of water vapour and other combustion byproducts that get past your rings to form acids. I personally adhe; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00082.html (9,812 bytes)
14. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 01 09:24:16 -0800; I use the Waxol spray can and wand. But before I use it I heat the Waxol to a more liquid state in a double boiler arrangement (spray can with the lid off in a pot of water on the stove). It sprays; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00083.html (9,189 bytes)
15. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: John McEwen <mmcewen@ualberta.ca>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 10:32:53 -0700; Hi Barrie; Both approaches are messy. Don't use the beeswax. The stuff in the pyramids was never exposed to water was it? The biggest problem with the wax is that it just won't penetrate as well as o; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00084.html (12,661 bytes)
16. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: John McEwen <mmcewen@ualberta.ca>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 10:33:53 -0700; You will have already read my earlier response regarding the use of paint vs beeswax. With a brand new body (newly dipped) I would use POR 15 in the same manner as I suggested the tremclad - but fir; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00085.html (13,953 bytes)
17. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 01 09:38:15 -0800; The labeling makes a big deal about "powerful rust inhibitors" in suspension in the wax. I would imagine all the wax would do is seal off oxygen. Paint will do that with less fuss and mess. TeriAnn; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00086.html (8,629 bytes)
18. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: TeriAnn Wakeman <twakeman@cruzers.com>; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 01 10:17:30 -0800; I use both. I painted the inner surfaces then sprayed heated Waxol over the paint. TeriAnn Wakeman If you send me direct mail, please Santa Cruz, California start the subject line with TW - twakeman; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00087.html (8,305 bytes)
19. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: DEVierling@aol.com; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:53:03 EST; Glen, Well, I've been reading up at the Castrol Syntech and Mobile 1 web-sites regarding the advantages of synthetics. According to Castrol, corrosive particles such as rust, acid, soot and oxidized; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00088.html (8,798 bytes)
20. Re: synthetic oil? (score: 1): Author: ARoman4047@aol.com; Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:34:10 EST; << Both approaches are messy. Don't use the beeswax. The stuff in the pyramids was never exposed to water was it? The biggest problem with the wax is that it just won't penetrate as well as one would; /html/british-cars/2001-11/msg00089.html (8,404 bytes)

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