[TR] [6pack] Synthetic Oil Engine Damage

[Mike Denman]

I once changed the oil in my father-in -laws car since he was over at  
the house and I was changing the oil in my cars. His car was similar  
to the car in the article in that it too had low milage comprised  
almost entirely of short trips. I drained the oil and my highly  
chromed Snap On socket dropped into the hot oil. I retrieved the  
socket as I waited for the last of the oil to drain. The coat of oil  
on the socket was unbelievable. I couldn't get the gooey/tar like oil  
off the very slick socket with out using a solvent. I can only imagine  
what the inside of the engine must have looked like. It happened to be  
a Ford with a 289 that continued to run "fine" and was eventually  
traded in on another Ford.
Mike Denman


On Mar 8, 2008, at 7:43 AM, Bob Danielson wrote:

> 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/
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