- 1. Synthetic Oil (here we go again...) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 14:17:25 -0500
- First, let me thank everyone who had a suggestion about refitting the O.D. back onto the transmission. I finally got it there last night after much trying and re-trying. I had to pry up on the actuat
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- 2. Re: Synthetic Oil (here we go again...) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:22:24 -0400
- I've been using Castrol 5w50 synthetic in my TR6 on and off for about 5 years. Great stuff! The TR uses about half as much synthetic as it did standard mineral oil. I say on and off because I usuall
- /html/triumphs/1998-04/msg01073.html (10,000 bytes)
- 3. RE: Synthetic Oil (here we go again...) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 13:13:48 +0100
- assuming you are talking about oil of viscositys around 0W to 10W the reason for premature oil seal failing is that the oil is very thin. This does not make it a good replacement oil for any classic
- /html/triumphs/1998-04/msg01105.html (8,807 bytes)
- 4. Re: Synthetic Oil (here we go again...) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 08:38:51 -0700
- I'll second what Gernot said, with the addition that at the rate my Spit (and most lbc's) leak oil, I couldn't afford to keep synthetic in the crankcase. Joe Curry -- "If you can't excel with talent,
- /html/triumphs/1998-04/msg01133.html (9,929 bytes)
- 5. Re: Synthetic Oil (here we go again...) (score: 1)
- Author: Unknown
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 11:35:15 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
- Mine doesn't leak (yet). My sons car does, all over the driveway. Damn old Buick. It's for sale, 1983 Buick Regal, built into a Grand National. Too fast to be legal. Estimated top speed is 185mph. Ne
- /html/triumphs/1998-04/msg01142.html (11,029 bytes)
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