Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #132
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Subject: Synthetics....

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FWIW, Back about 10 years ago R&T ran an article on sythetics. The claim

was that Mobil 1 and Amsoil were the best. They also talked about mixing

synthetic with dino oil. As I recall, they felt the best deal for the

bucks was to run 1 quart synthetic and the rest dino. In that way the

cheap....errrrr...economically challenged got the extra protection and

reduced friction on cold starts. All I know is that full synthetic in my

Scirocco made for a horrendous clatter on hot starts, that went away

when I mixed oils. You may as well mix your own, hard to say the

percentage of syntetic to dino in all those "blends", at least you know

what you're getting when you mix it yourself.



On another Miata related note, am trying Prolong snake oil mixed with

the dino Valvoline, although one AutoX is too soon to tell, the old

nasty lifter noise on hot start after the third run is now

absent...thats a nice surprise, still using the same weight as before

for those inquiring minds out there. HB in Arizona