<div dir="auto">Hi Dan. I do like the early cars...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 10, 2022, 7:01 AM Dan DiBiase <<a href="mailto:dan.dibiase@gmail.com">dan.dibiase@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Rick, you need to add this one to your collection! Looks like it's in great shape and inexpensive....<div><br></div><div><a href="https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/katy-1963-mgb/7540334022.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://houston.craigslist.org/cto/d/katy-1963-mgb/7540334022.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dan D</div><div>'76B</div><div>Central NJ USA</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 8:38 AM Richard Lindsay <<a href="mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">richardolindsay@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div> All good words Max. Thanks. I didn't know about the 15W50 Mobile 1 zinc thing. </div><div dir="auto"> Where I live it never really gets cold, so a constant viscosity oil would even work. That said, I don't drive my cars enough to worry about wear. I just play with them. My go-to oil for everything older is Castrol GTX 20W50.</div><div dir="auto"> I guess I should define 'everything older'. Specifically, I mean my '53 TD, '71 Volvo 1800E, '72 MGB, '73 E-Type (V12), and even my 25-year-old über-high mileage Nissan D21 pickup. Everything else/newer gets whatever the Owner's Manual recommends.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Rick, in Houston</div><div dir="auto">PS: Classic Plymouths are awesome.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 8, 2022, 2:13 AM Max Heim <<a href="mailto:mvheim@sonic.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mvheim@sonic.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>I am using 15W50 in all my cars at this point: 1966 MGB, 1967 Plymouth slant six, 1967 Plymouth 4bbl V8; specifically, Mobil1 15W50 which is formulated for flat tappet engines and has 1500ppm zinc. Note that other weights of this brand are NOT appropriate for older cars.<div><br></div><div>50 is not too high viscosity for summer use in California (it’s really what you want), and 15W indicates that is not too heavy for winter use.</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Oct 7, 2022, at 8:02 AM, <<a href="mailto:jimray@hartcom.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jimray@hartcom.net</a>> <<a href="mailto:jimray@hartcom.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jimray@hartcom.net</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">I am puzzled about the proper oil viscosity for my Rover 3.5 V8 engine. Des Hammill's book<span> </span><i>How to Power Tune RV8 Engines<span> </span></i>states “Anyone used to oil pressures hovering around 70 – 75 psi on an MGB 1800 engine will be alarmed to see pressures in the Rover V8 reading 15 – 40 psi. These engines are low-pressure engines with normal pressures (hot) at 20 psi idle using a 15W 50 oil, and 40 psi over about 3500 rpm.” Its time for me to change the oil in mine and 15W 50 seems a bit high when compared to oil normally used in my other US built cars. Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions to this?<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks in advance for your input.<u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Jim Ray</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>
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