Recent content by Brian123

OK! I mentioned HT/HS! 5000 Mile OCI's with a Port Injected Engine. I stepped up from 5W-20 to 5W-30!

Base Number is 7.7! Interesting! Sounds like a good plan!

My Dad bought 1 in 1993, and it did not look like this. Given by what I am seeing below the seat with the shifter for the transmission this MTD is from the 1970's!

They also have a Coolant Line going to the Turbo. I doubt that!

My thinking is I would want to see an Oil Pan Temp reading to compare to this 250F reading!

Here is what you can do, after the spirited driving that you do, park the car in the driveway, turn the car off, make sure the car is in park, get an Infrared Gun and aim it at the Oil Pan and see what kind of a reading temperature wise you get, and then report back.

Sounds like both tests Tom NJ referenced lead me to believe that I should be looking more at HTHS and what my oil temperatures actually are in either my car engine or lawnmower engine! Oil temperature for me dictates whether I need a 5W-30 or 5W-40 in my cars engine, and whether I need a 10W-30...

Back in the late 1980's I used to hang out with this person that had a Volkswagen Gulf, exterior was blue, interior was blue cloth, 5 speed manual transmission, fun little car. The AC on this car was awesome during the summertime, this guy wrapped 1 of his AC hoses, that is why the Ac was so...

Buy the oil and get a VOA done, this oil will not be as good as what Amsoil offers! Given that this is a rare engine that you have built up I would be looking at Amsoil or HPL. JMO

They should have the good old holes or the Ecore Design!

Yes Mobil 1 ESP, but now Valvoline Restore and Protect is doing well! Because there is nothing special about this oil except marketing!

No! OK, but the oil is subpar! The Mann filter is ok! Lots of opinions here on this Forum, I think Castrol is not worth buying! Take The Valve Cover off and you will be surprised when it does not look good, now if this engine had Mobil 1 then it would be a different story!

Where is the temperature taken from?

Not for someone that was around back in the 1970's!

Will you be wrapping the oil filter media in paper towels to dry out the oil filter media to show any carbon in the pleats?