Ian Comerford Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Just noticed this thread on DDK expressing concerns about modern oils and their protection of, or not, our air cooled engines: http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16072 What do we think, more oil debate ammunition. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPerkles Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I put in mine what Porsche urrently recommend mobil 1 ,0-40 which is £19 from costco and when it goes bang i will get it rebuilt for 250 + bhp . In other words i stick oil in thats recommended and dont worry about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Comerford Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 I put in mine what Porsche urrently recommend mobil 1 ,0-40 which is £19 from costco and when it goes bang i will get it rebuilt for 250 + bhp . In other words i stick oil in thats recommended and dont worry about it I'm sticking with Magnatec, but it is food for thought don't you think? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcarrera Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'm sticking with Magnatec, but it is food for thought don't you think? The protection afforded by PROPER full synthetic oils (Magnatec is a mineral oil - forget the synthetic technology blurb - it means nothing) should provide reasonable peace of mind IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPerkles Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I'm sticking with Magnatec, but it is food for thought don't you think? Ian actually yes it is especially if you have had "the big rebuild" and obviously dont want to start shelling out cash again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlbon Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I put in mine what Porsche urrently recommend mobil 1 ,0-40 which is £19 from costco and when it goes bang i will get it rebuilt for 250 + bhp . In other words i stick oil in thats recommended and dont worry about it Interesting Mr P using 0-40 Mobil 1, and it only costs 19 quid. I thought the older engines were supposed to leak if you use too fine a grade of oil? I use Silkolene Pro S 10-50 (ester based fully synthetic) in the race car, and change it after every 10 hours of track time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPerkles Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 no leaks here but i do get a puff of smoke on initial start up that clears instantly if the car has sat for a while without being used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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