Mobil 1

What engine'd rangie? If a V8 pre-crankshaft mounted oil pump, then it's designed to pump a heavy weight oil in volume (20W50) and if you put a thinner oil in you'll end up with premature bearing wear. FWIW, I put mobil

1 in an old jag XJ6 that I once owned, it had been running perfect for 2 years with good oil pressure and it ran the main bearings within a month of putting the mobil 1 in! Badger.

If you go to

and click on 'what oil for my car?' you can enter various types of Land Rover and it will tell you which Mobil oil to use.

Personally I wouldn't use anything thinner than 15W40 in a Rover V8, but in the 4.4 BMW unit just about any modern synthetic should be fine.

Twas Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:05:54 GMT when "Exit" put finger to keyboard producing:

the nearest I can find is a V8 defender, I have a diesel 110, ah well.

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Just came back from a parts store - the foetus behind the desk was telling somebody that Mobil1 0W40 was just what their car needed - "lighter oil means the engine has to do less work to pump it around mayte"

The slight problem was that this chappy was driving a Mog Minor.

Does anybody else see a deceased A-Series sometime soon?

P.

Badger> What engine'd rangie? If a V8 pre-crankshaft mounted oil pump, Badger> then it's designed to pump a heavy weight oil in volume Badger> (20W50) and if you put a thinner oil in you'll end up with Badger> premature bearing wear. FWIW, I put mobil 1 in an old jag XJ6 Badger> that I once owned, it had been running perfect for 2 years Badger> with good oil pressure and it ran the main bearings within a Badger> month of putting the mobil 1 in! Badger.

I should have mentioned it's a 2002 with the 4.6. That's the only engine we can get on this side of the pond.

I'd probably use the 15w-50 Mobil 1, but I'm not worried about damage to the engine, the oil is very good. But, rather, the oil can do a great job of seeping through gaskets. That's how I lost so much oil on my jag. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced that ...

Exit> If you go to

and click on 'what oil for my car?' Exit> you can enter various types of Land Rover and it will tell you Exit> which Mobil oil to use.

Heh: "There was no data found for the vehicle selected. "

No matter, I planned on using 15w-50. It doesn't get that cold here.

vehicles.

appears

fine.

I don't see any particular problem with using 0w/40 in a Morris Minor. The oil is, after all, a 40 at operating temperature and is never thinner than that. If the engine is well worn, then of course a more viscous oil would be preferable to minimise cold oil consumption and to a very small extent, piston slap and valve gear noise.

Huw

On or around Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:41:22 +0100, "Huw" enlightened us thusly:

Mind, Castrol RS would be better, which is 0W60 ISTR.

but I'd not spend 30 notes for 4 litres for an old motor, which is about how much I recall it costing...

'course, if it's had a stage 3 head and race tuning...

I use Mobil 1 0W-40 in my TD5. Only thing better I know of is Quaker State. But that doesn't get imported here.

Peter R.