<VV> New Oils for Classic cars

Fri Jun 3 17:14:50 EDT 2011

I never really noticed anything.  I change the oil at 100, 500, 1000, 
5000 and then every 5000 and I never had to add oil. Eric

At 02:04 PM 6/3/2011, Mark Durham wrote:
>Eric, too bad on the truck but a nice try. :):)
>
>Thanks for your expereince with the Mobil 1 15W50 oil. I'm about ready
>to start my Corvair Engine I just overhauled, and its been a quandry
>on which oil to install for the first runs.I can certainly see the
>benefits of a slippery synthetic, it can only help preserve the cam
>and lifter faces, but, how long did it take the engines to stabilize
>oil use with break in with the synthetic? I know there are certain car
>manufacturers that send out their cars with Mobil 1 in them from the
>first mile, so I'm not biased one way or the other. I used to use a
>15W50 semi-synthetic in aircraft piston engines for breakin with no
>trouble.
>
>Regards
>
>Mark Durham
>
>On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Eric S. Eberhard <flash at vicsmba.com> wrote:
> > I use Mobile 1 15-50 which says on the bottle "racing" and "flat
> > tappet" -- interestingly enough some bottles say one, some say the
> > other, some say both.  Their Web site says both on their chart and
> > both phosphorous and zinc are over 1200 ppm.  I have used this for
> > decades in everything from diesel trucks to tractors to
> > Corvairs.  You can get it in 5 quart bottles cheap at Walmart, Napa,
> > or Mobile stations -- which is why I prefer it over Amsoil.  There is
> > valid argument for either over the other but Amsoil is hard to get,
> > especially if on the road and you need to grab a quart.  Mobile 1 is
> > safe for breaking in engines and the evidence to me on this ZDDP is
> > clear.  Two of mine were rebuilt (by a shop) and they insisted it had
> > to be broken in with Castrol 30 wgt.  Both of those got flat cams in
> > 10,000 miles.  New cams from Clark's (identical cams) and break in
> > with Mobile 1, 30k miles so far no problems.  A third I did initially
> > with Mobil 1, 20k so far no problems.  Depending on the vehicle I
> > change every 5k or 10k no matter how many years pass.  I have a 1980
> > Toyota I bought new that has 230k and several Ford pickups over 120k
> > and tractors with 10k hours ... the only problem is that I have no
> > excuse to get a new car or tractor because they all run perfectly.  I
> > had a speaker go out in my 99 diesel and my wife thought I should
> > replace the speaker rather than get a new truck :-(  Eric
> >
> > At 09:00 AM 6/3/2011, you wrote:
> >>Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 14:42:28 -0400
> >>From: Harry Smith <     >
> >>Subject: Re: <VV> New Oils for Classic cars
> >>To: Jim Houston <jhouston45 at gmail.com>
> >>Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> >>Message-ID: <BANLkTikakm8zBZ+3G4T+MY-B5Mjxn7OVqQ at mail.gmail.com>
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> >>Intersting. I was discussing oil yesterday with a friend of mine 
> and he sent
> >>me to a turbo website, Forced Performance. They had a nice chart 
> on oil with
> >>brand, weight, amount of ZDDP and cost. I have attached it here.
> >>Harry Smith
> >>1963 Rampside
> >>Coral Springs, FL
> >
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