I pulled my 220,000 mile Civic engine apart last year to find the original
cross hatching. I was impressed. The engine ran on Jiffy Lube changes for
the first 165K until I bought it. From there it got quality, but sporadic
oil changes.
Dave Hardy
89 SM
DILYSI Motorsports - Drive It Like You Stole It!
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Dahl <adahl@eskimo.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 2:46 PM
Subject: Synthetic oil
> I'd like to through in one real-world measurement into this synthetic
> oil debate. My old autocross car is a 1990 Miata which I raced from
> 1989-1993. I was concerned that the racing would cause extra wear on the
> engine so I switched over to RedLine synthetic oil at about 30k and have
> stuck with it ever since, changing my oil every 5-6,000 miles. At about
> 151k the engine burned a exhaust valve when the header bolts loosened up
> causing a lean condition. After I brought it in I got a call from my
> mechanic wondering what type of oil I had been running. Seems that the
> cylinder bores had *no* wear on them! He said that he could not measure
> any wear at all and that the original cross-hatching could still be
> seen. He had never seen an engine like that before and was amazed.
>
> Perhaps I am just lucky but this is enough proof for me of the
> superiority of synthetic oils and RedLine in particular. I plan to keep
> using it in the Miata (now at 171,000 miles and still going strong) and
> in any future vehicles I buy.
>
> A satisfied customer,
>
> - Alan Dahl
>
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