<VV> Running oil temp normalcy

[J R Read_HML]

Stephen,

Find the leak and fix it.  Yes you can mix synthetic and dead dinos in the 
crankcase.  Don't obsess over 10 degrees of oil temp.  I guess the Brad Penn 
oil is dead dino - for break in...  So, after 3,000 are you using any 
oil????   If not, go to synthetic on the next change and just don't go hill 
climbing on a hot day in the meantime.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Upham" <contactsmu at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Running oil temp normalcy


> There are a couple of problems with doing that right now.  The first
> is that I just changed the oil and I am using the rather expensive
> Brad Penn Racing oil with, curiously enough, a Mobil 1 filter.  Until
> I reach the end of the oil's useful life, I won't be changing the
> oil.  The second problem that I'm concerned with is making sure that
> the engine has had sufficient miles on it to seal the gaskets from
> the rebuild.  This is just the second full milage (3000 miles) oil
> change.  If there are no leaks, and I already see a slight (three or
> four drops coming from the drivers side hole in the skid plate), then
> I may give it a try.  Something that I have never heard is whether
> you can go back to dino if the synthetic begins to leak though
> gaskets without the oil continuing to leak or whether that leads to
> you know what.
>
> Stephen