Dan Soiney wrote: > > Hi all: > Just a question about synthetic oil. If synthetic does lead to increased > head temps, how could Porsche specify Mobil 1 for the air cooled 911 engine? > > Danno > > Director of Electrons > Der Busbesitzer Gruppe > Http://www.dreamwater.com/dbg > > > Danno the 911 has a large capacity 12 or 13 qt oiling system with a oilstat plus a fuel management system that is o so fine for the most part the 911 has very little load put on it and rarly use all the power the engine can make unlike the vw engines with dual overhead cams theres alot more oil in the rocker boxes and heads my thinking is hot heads are not a problem for the 911 mobil one is a great oil Bob |
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