Date:         Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:29:56 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mobil 1 Oil
Comments: To: love2bike140@YAHOO.COM
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If you have a high mile engine you should run engine flush or other
engine cleaner through the engine to remove sludge deposits before you
run the Mobil 1. (New engines should not run synthetics until they are
fully broken at 8000+ miles)
You can run 1 quart of Marvel Mystery oil with the existing engine oil
for about 300 miles before you make the change.
The higher quality synthetics tend to clean your engine and you want the
sludge (stuff stuck to your piston bottoms, crankcase walls, oil
galleries) cleaned out before you go to synthetics.
If you don't do this cleaning process the Mobil 1 will do it and give you
a very short first oil change interval since it will clean your engine
your oil will look like tar within 1000 miles.
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The procedure listed below is my suggestion of what you should do as soon
as you get your new vehicle or change to synthetic engine oils.
#1) Check the oil; drain off about a quart of oil through the drain plug,
strainer plate or other means. Be sure you get a full quart out, if you
get too much you can put it back in as required.
#2) Purchase a quart of Gunk / Siloo /Rislone / Berryman B12 or other
brand of engine flush and pour it into the engine crankcase.  Follow the
instructions on the can. Most flushes require only 5 minutes on a cold
engine.
#3) Run the engine flush for the recommended time and drain it off.
Install a new filter and clean the strainer if you have one. Pour in your
new engine oil; hold back that last quart of oil. Pour in a quart of
Marvel Mystery Oil with the new engine oil. Run the vehicle for about 300
miles with the Mystery Oil Mix in the crankcase. It is best to get this
300 miles around town over a period of one week so the cleaning agents in
the Mystery Oil have time to De-carbon the interior of your engine and
clean your lifters.
You can run this mix for a thousand miles without damage so don’t bother
to change at exactly 300 miles. What we’re wanting to accomplish is just
getting the engine to full operating temperature about ten times over a
one week period.
#4) While running the 300 miles with the Mystery Oil blend in your
crankcase you should also run 16 oz of Mystery Oil through your fuel
system in a full tank of Gasoline to clean your combustion chambers,
piston tops, valves, injectors and ring groves.
#5) After you’ve completed this procedure you should install a new filter
(Mahle or Mann), clean your strainer if you have one and install the new
engine oil. Leave the oil level about ¼” below the MAX level on your oil
dipstick. Stop putting oil in at three quarts and start your engine. Let
the engine run for a few minutes and then check your oil level after you
have killed the engine and it has set for ten minutes. This will have
given the oil enough time to circulate through the system and drip back
to your pan giving a true oil level reading. Add enough oil to bring the
level up to the ¼” below the MAX mark on your dipstick.
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Stan Wilder

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:41:29 -0700 Joseph Fortino <love2bike140@YAHOO.COM>
writes:
> Hello and Good morning,
>
> Anyone have good results using Mobil oil?, currently
> I'm running this in my bus. * and what real effects of
> changing the oil type to and from another brand has an
> effect on the motor. ( if any )
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
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