<VV> Corvair Tall Tales ~ Is 'straight weight' oil better

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Me too, ever since they made it, and Mobil 1 other weights before 
that.  In everything from diesel tractors to Corvairs to pickups to 
fancy sports cars to old 4x4 ... it is easier to have one kind of oil 
around.  I have no complaints -- one engine has 250k which for a 4 
banger 1980 Toyota is pretty good.  I'm going to lose the Toyota over 
a carb problem, not an engine problem.  Likely I'll rebuild and 
convert to fuel injection.  I think the variable weight is most 
certainly better in a place where I am when we have 50 degree temp 
swings in a day and summer highs over 100 and winter lows under 
zero.  If you don't want to be changing oil all the time.  Perhaps on 
the CA coast where it varies 10-20 degrees in a year a fixed weight 
is easy enough to live with.  Eric

At 09:25 PM 11/1/2011, virtualvairs-request at corvair.org wrote:
>From: "J R Read" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
>Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair Tall Tales ~ Is 'straight weight' oil better
>         ?
>To: "Charles Lee" <chaz at properproper.com>,      "'Dennis Pleau'"
>         <dpleau at wavecable.com>, <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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>I've been using Mobil 1 15W50 for a few years now - ever since the ZDDP
>scare.
>Later, JR


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