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Engine oil: synthetic or mineral oil
Poll ended at Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:52 pm
synthetic 6%  6%  [ 1 ]
standard mineral oil 71%  71%  [ 12 ]
bananas 24%  24%  [ 4 ]
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odd
PostPosted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:52 pm 
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Im going to do my first oil change in my 66 Deluxe on the weekend so I need to decide which oil I am going to use. Its a stock 998cc
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Penrite HPR30.

Can't go wrong.
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is anybody familiar with the article on using synthetic oil in Mini Magic issue No. 4
Its the mag with Craig's Sprint on the cover. I'm thinking about giving the Royal Purple a go.
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yeah thanks willy. The article i mentioned compares the HPR30 to the Royal Purple.
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I'm not a pro, but synthetics arent recommended for the old a series because the seals and general manufacture tolerances aren't as good as modern engines.
The A+ engines may run happily on semi-synthetic though.
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Synthetic goes great on my corolla, but not willing to experiment with it on my mini gearbox just yet :wink: GO KMX OIL!!! 8)

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Castrol Edge :)
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BANANAS
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yeah bananas
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woops forgot to put the url on there



Yeah Bananas

http://citcity.citroen1.info/2CV/history2.htm
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Matt (Ss wanab) says GTX 2 dose the job :wink:

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i say dont waste your money on fancy oils for a stocko smallblock a-series!

k-mart, valvoline, castrol gtx,

whatever cheap 20/50 oil will do the job,

its cheap now, but 40 years ago it would have been performance oil for the mini :lol:

oh, and buy what you can afford to buy lots of for top ups and frequent oil changes,
i have selected penrite 20/50 at $20 a bottle
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