<VV> New '65 Monza Convertible 110

[Bill Elliott]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:36:56 -0500, Ricki Jannise wrote:

>I am new to this discussion group.  I purchased the subject vehicle from
>Patton Dickson.  What is the ruling (opinion) on synthetic oil (20w50)
>use in the Corvair six?


Welcome to the group! Patton will be sorely missed... I knew him from both the Spridgets group and this one (yes I am a not-so-closeted British car lover as 
well!)

As Chuck mentioned, if you have any leaks, going to synthetic will likely make them worse (though most of my cars kept leaking the same amount... only my 
MG Metro Turbo really started dumping serious oil...). On the other hand, I've not had a car that didn't leak start leaking when I moved to synthetic.

The main benefits of synthetic (IMO) are the ease of starting when cold, the ability to retain viscosity longer when overheated, and the anti-coking 
properties (important on the hot shutdown of an older oil-cooled turbo). Thus, all of my turbo and air-cooled cars get Mobile 1 and everything else gets 
Castrol.

I'm sure others have differing opinions... this is just what I do and why...

Again, welcome!!

Bill Elliott
Urbana, MD