[TR] When to rebuild

Jeremiah Curry jeremiah at curryclan.net
Thu Mar 7 21:25:22 MST 2013


I have never had a consumption problem with mobile 1 on turbocharged Audis or
my mr2 turbo...but thy probably have much tighter tolerances than American
engines.  No offence intended by that comment, just my understanding

-----Original Message-----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
Sent: b3/b7/b2013 5:11 PM
Cc: "Triumphs at autox.team.net" <Triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] When to rebuild

> Not sure what you're running, but syn may exacerbate the problem....

As a side comment, oil consumption on my "hauler" (old Buick station wagon,
Chevy 350 motor) went up sharply when I tried Mobil 1 in it.  (Someone gave me
a case of it, so I had to try it.)  But when I went back to Valvoline full
synthetic, the oil consumption went back down.  Valvoline SynPower also
reduced consumption in my previous hauler with a Chevy 2.8 V6.

It's not "synthetic" that is the problem IMO, it is "Mobil 1".

Alas, SynPower has never reduced consumption in my Triumphs.  But it hasn't
increased it either.

Randall

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