Hey guys-

Wow, what a debate! No question there are better oils than mobil 1 - I use amsoil when it's available, and in my Viggen I'll try and use it exclusively. On the other hand, I've been using Mobil 1 in all my cars (Saab and otherwise, some modified, some stock), my father's been using Mobil 1 in all his cars, etc...I had the top end off my Thunderbird Turbocoupe (for a headgasket and timing belt at 85k), which has had nothing but Mobil 1 it's whole life, and the cam had absolutely no wear. Additionally, the guy I bought my Viggen from was a technician w/Caterpillar construction equipment who had the oil (Mobil 1) analyzed over 3 changes (9-10k miles) by his friends at the company, and the results all came back clear, no breakdown. Now, the key here as far as I can tell is that Mobil 1 (at least in my experience, and it seems like the common thread here) is perfectly fine in a car that's not driven hard every single day or that's putting out a ton of power under high boost/compression etc. Also, so many of us with higher performance cars have probably been running Mobil 1 for a long time (since it's probably the most common synth. oil), so these failures may be higher than other oils simply because of the % that use it.

Phew, sorry for the long addition to an already lenghty (and sensitive) subject. For what it's worth, I'll keep running Mobil 1 in my other cars, but I may switch exclusively to Amsoil in my Saabs, at least those that have been modified. Let's keep up the healthy debates!

Chris in CT
99 Viggen
85 900t

posted by 24.249.217...

• More MOBILE 1 information, dboone, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:21:59
  • A biased comment, Dick in Falls Church, Fri, 16 Jun 2006 08:01:15
  • Re: More MOBILE 1 information, BrianS, Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:34:25
    • dyno slips on that one?, jak , Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:14:44
      • Screen shot...., BrianS, Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:39:13
        • carls Screen shot as well nice work brian :-), jak , Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:15:05
          • oops needed engine speed on that one, jak , Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:22:03
      • Re: dyno slips on that one?, BrianS, Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:14:04
  • That's what I would say is,, SteveW, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:08:09
  • should be debating specific weight of mobil to use, davenew, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:44:29
    • Anybody know Sunoco Synturo Racing 10W-60?, AdamB , Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:24:39
      • Re: Anybody know Sunoco Synturo Racing 10W-60?, Steen, Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:03:30
    • Haven't I been saying that?, JEM, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:39:46
    • Re: should be debating specific weight of mobil to use, dboone, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:29:19
      • But that's true of everyone, JEM, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:50:17
        • Truck/SUV, Dean, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 18:28:34
        • Re: But that's true of everyone, RBatsch, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:30:20
          • Re: But that's true of everyone, JEM, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:08:14
      • Re: should be debating specific weight of mobil to use, TML , Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:55:03
        • CSFS, dboone, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:46:32
          • Actually, I am not totally wrong....., dboone, Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:53:46
            • Re: Actually, I am not totally wrong....., TML , Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:56:32
  • No MOBILE 1 for my Viggen, RBatsch, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:40:50
    • Re: No MOBILE 1 for my Viggen, Joe Boucher, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:53:05
    • Re: No MOBILE 1 for my Viggen, schumi, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:52:29
      • Re: No MOBILE 1 for my Viggen, GM, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:54:11
        • yeah, was more just poking fun :), schumi, Wed, 14 Jun 2006 12:03:46
      • Castrol Syntec...no question n/m, Randy House, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 16:58:55
        • some call it, dboone, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:21:52
          • My .02, Turbo00, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:44:23 <-- Viewing This Message
          • I think teh faketech is the US stuff, Trev, Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:38:27

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