My experience with Mobil 1 in BMC engines is excellent. I use it
in my road, rally and race 'A' series engines.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, July 11, 1998 4:22 AM
Subject: Synthetic oil opinions solicited
>Since the worst of the oil burning and leaking now seems to be behind me,
>I am considering having the MGA join the rest of the stable running Mobil 1
>oil. I know that the 5W30 I feed the modern iron is inappropriate but
>15W50 may be just the trick. I am hoping that it will help with the
>freeway heat issues that I am now battling- the poor A doesn't want to run
>75 mph all day- and it is cheaper than an oil cooler.
>
>The A now has 1000 miles on it since its mechanical facelift. After
>loosing a little over a quart in the first 200 miles the oil level has
>stayed steady and it still looks pretty clean- I have to take my glasses
>off to see it on the dip stick. I have heard that you should wait until
>the motor is broken in before changing to synthetic and I did my newer cars
>at around 10k miles but I am thinking that now is as good of time as any
>for the A. Any opinions? I know that it probably isn't cost effective but
>this is the first car I've had in years that is performance limited in any
>way by oil and I am dying to find out if Mobil 1 will make any difference.
>Besides even the remote possibility that it may protect better over the
>winter is worth a shot. I expect the death of my original cam was hastened
>by winter storage. I know that airplanes that don't fly much eat cams. I
>can only assume that the same is true for LBC's.
>
>Regards,
>Bill Eastman
>61 MGA driven daily for the last 3 1/2 weeks and continuous top down for
>the last 2 weeks. She's a happy LBC!
>
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