marvel mystery oil add to engine oil
- Thread starter bigsteve
- Start date
- Status
works well-used to use it in a 70 Cougar 351-4V Cleveland-stops the bent push rod phenom when shifted at 5500 rpm. Once in a while the old (1982) B & S gets a 2 oz dose, just because there is an open bottle of it around
Originally Posted By: Paul2007
IMHO the days when MMO was a good idea ended in the 1990's. If you are driving anything made since....ummm...1995, don't use it in the oil at all. MMO is still a great fuel system cleaner, but don't put it in the oil. I know that old habits are hard to break, but it IS the 21st century now, and we all have to adjust. The cheapest 10W30 you can buy today is a better oil than the best you could buy in 1995.
Why the 1990s?
IMHO the days when MMO was a good idea ended in the 1990's. If you are driving anything made since....ummm...1995, don't use it in the oil at all. MMO is still a great fuel system cleaner, but don't put it in the oil. I know that old habits are hard to break, but it IS the 21st century now, and we all have to adjust. The cheapest 10W30 you can buy today is a better oil than the best you could buy in 1995.
Why the 1990s?
I use lots of the stuff in my shop. And it smells great too.
Seems like to thin oil guys would like it to thin their 0W20's down a little more. Just kidding.
Good product that has been around for a very long time.
Seems like to thin oil guys would like it to thin their 0W20's down a little more. Just kidding.
Good product that has been around for a very long time.
IIRC, it's mostly kerosene, so yes it will dilute your oil. I would not use it.
Originally Posted By: Steve S
Originally Posted By: Paul2007
IMHO the days when MMO was a good idea ended in the 1990's. If you are driving anything made since....ummm...1995, don't use it in the oil at all. MMO is still a great fuel system cleaner, but don't put it in the oil. I know that old habits are hard to break, but it IS the 21st century now, and we all have to adjust. The cheapest 10W30 you can buy today is a better oil than the best you could buy in 1995.
Why the 1990s?
I'm interested in this answer myself.
Originally Posted By: Paul2007
IMHO the days when MMO was a good idea ended in the 1990's. If you are driving anything made since....ummm...1995, don't use it in the oil at all. MMO is still a great fuel system cleaner, but don't put it in the oil. I know that old habits are hard to break, but it IS the 21st century now, and we all have to adjust. The cheapest 10W30 you can buy today is a better oil than the best you could buy in 1995.
Why the 1990s?
I'm interested in this answer myself.
LOL a blast from the past.
Oh how times have changed huh...
In case anyone wants to look at the blended viscosity, take a look at this excel document that i put together. You can modify the blocks in orange.
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B6pXF6f...2ZDVk&hl=en
MMO is apx
100C = 2.6cSt
40C = 10cSt
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B6pXF6f...2ZDVk&hl=en
MMO is apx
100C = 2.6cSt
40C = 10cSt
No harm in using 1/2 qrt. with SM conventional oil in the crank case during last several hundred miles of a winter OCI - just to clean varnish and any deposits up a bit . If using synthetic or the new SN rated conventional oils it probably will not be needed . Still perfectly fine to use in the gas tank at 2 ~ 4 oz. per 10 gal. of gas .
Originally Posted By: bigsteve
Does 1 quart of mmo added to 10w30 engine oil change the viscosity numbers?
You live in Massachusetts, not like you are living in Florida, MMO added to the oil should help you out during the wintertime.
I have been using MMO with 5w30 motor oil all year round in an engine that now has 390,000 miles and all is fine, I have been doing this for 23,000 miles, if there were any problems then I would be telling everyone.
Does 1 quart of mmo added to 10w30 engine oil change the viscosity numbers?
You live in Massachusetts, not like you are living in Florida, MMO added to the oil should help you out during the wintertime.
I have been using MMO with 5w30 motor oil all year round in an engine that now has 390,000 miles and all is fine, I have been doing this for 23,000 miles, if there were any problems then I would be telling everyone.
Originally Posted By: bigmike
It wouldn't hurt in Florida either. I've run enough MMO to know.
+1
It wouldn't hurt in Florida either. I've run enough MMO to know.
+1
- Status