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
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