[Mgs] New Classic Car Oil ?

[mark.jones at exxonmobil.com]

A small town is 60,000?  Man, I'm from less than a fork in the road then
:-)

I'm going to be ordering it from www.proformanceusa.com.  The price seems
reasonable for synthetic.

Mark


                                                                           
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Castrol Syntec 20W50 is some hard stuff to find.  Granted I live in a small
town (about 60,000), but there's only one store here that sells it, and
that is a Wal-Mart.  We have 3 Checker stores, 2 autozones, 2 NAPA stores,
carquest, and numerous other small stores, and even 2 Wal Mart's, but only
one Wal Mart carries 20W50 Syntec.


You can find 5W50 just about anywhere though.  Since you don't need to be
worried much about cold viscosity, it should do fine.


 Phil Bates, Idaho Falls, ID



Castrol Syntec 20W50 is the oil I plan to start using this fall in my MGBGT
and Spitfire.

I called Castrol Canada earlier this summer and at that time they told it
was not available in Canada. I happen to live on the border with the
States so shall venture over and pick up a case.

Personally, I wouldn't use racing oil in a non-racing car. Racing oil does
not have the additive package that a normal oil does because racing oil is
designed for a completely different "environment" than non-racing oil and
will not give the same level of protection.

Mark
1973 MGBGT
1980 Spitfire