[TR] [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage

[Bob Danielson]

BTW..........I have no opinion one way or the other about the use of
synthetics. I've used it in my "modern" cars but haven't used it in the TR6.
I just thought the pictures of the head were pretty cool. Talk about gunk.


Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Grant [mailto:grant at bowtie6.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 9:47 AM
To: 'Bob Danielson'; triumphs at autox.team.net; '6-Pack'
Subject: RE: [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage

And of course, synthetic oil will be blamed.  

It is not the fault of the oil.  On the contrary this goes to prove that
regular oil infrequently changed and driven for short distances will bake on
and create crud.  I am a firm believer in synthetics - I use Mobil1
exclusively.  I own several cars, some of them high mileage that have had no
problems whatsoever and have seen other engines taken apart that had used
Mobil1 exclusively.  The innards were perfectly clean even with high
mileage.

This debate I guess can take the same flavor that the whole brake fluid
debate takes.  There are some who hate it and others who don't.  I for one,
don't use regular oil and believe in the qualities of Mobil1.  I think that
the article blaming synthetics for the engine failure is a little tunnel
vision.  I subscribe to several Hemmings publications and read the articles
but I disagree with some of the views expressed.  This is one of them.

Your mileage may vary... 

Joe
'72 TR6 - CC77169
http://www.bowtie6.com/