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Tech, Repairs, Upgrades => Capri XR-2 89-94 => Topic started by: 1992xr2 on February 09, 2008, 01:58:00 PM

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 09, 2008, 01:58:00 PM

Hey everyone,
As the time to get the beast into the shop comes near I am contemplating the possible causes for my catastrophic oil seal failure.  Essentially every oil seal in the car let loose all at once at high rpm/speed.  I think that this might be related to switching to Mobil 1 so I was wondering what oil you all are running/recommend?  Or any insights as to why my oil seals went pop.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Gus Kelley on February 09, 2008, 02:20:00 PM

Hey XR2! I think it was stated earlier as to what caused your problem. It's not the oil viscosity but you may have had a problem with your breather or smog valve plugging up and you pressurised the crankcase and then blu your seals. I run 15/40 and 20/50.  Gus.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: fayzaldean on February 09, 2008, 02:25:00 PM

is mobil 1 synthetic??

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 09, 2008, 02:26:00 PM

Yeah, I think I was the one who said that?  Any ways, that's why I have a catch can now.  I just thought that I should cover all possibilities.  And I was more wondering synthetic versus dino and high detergent versus low detergent.
EDIT: yes M1 is synthetic

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Gus Kelley on February 09, 2008, 04:21:00 PM

Hey XR2! I don't know about mobil one specific but many of your "synthetics" are not but are ultra refined dinos. And yes I had the reich ECU in place at the time of my incident. Please note I will always recomend Rocketman's ECU from now on. REICH is a Jackass and cannot be trusted to provide what one pays for. There have been enough complaints on that and him not making good.  Gus.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 10, 2008, 03:35:00 AM

For sure, Rocketman completely PWNS Reich.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Gus Kelley on February 10, 2008, 06:36:00 AM

Hey XR2! what is mean't by PWNS?  Gus.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Heavensheros on February 10, 2008, 07:00:00 AM

PWNS = pounds = really good like we pounded the competition or we PWND the competition :)

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Gus Kelley on February 10, 2008, 07:06:00 AM

Hey Josh! Haven't heard much from you lately. Can't be pounds. Wrong letters. How's your baby doing?  Gus.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Rocketman on February 10, 2008, 07:16:00 AM

umm, PWN is a bastardization of "OWN". P is right next to O on the keyboard.

Its pronounced "OWN" or "PAWN"

heres the wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn)

lol. pwnt.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 10, 2008, 09:06:00 AM

I didn't realize my use of internet slang would cause a conversation of enytomology, lol.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Gus Kelley on February 10, 2008, 10:05:00 AM

Hey XR2! Again you're wrong, it's etymology. Gus.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 10, 2008, 10:57:00 AM

lol, maybe I should just stop posting for a few days, it seems like I'm on a roll.  A backwards roll.  I get some sort of a break for getting close while being high, don't I?
SHE'S GOING TO THE SHOP IN LESS THAN 16 HOURS!!!!1

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Gus Kelley on February 10, 2008, 06:53:00 PM

Hey XR2! I was lol myself, please don't take it serious. Life is too short, And were both here together.  Gus.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 11, 2008, 01:26:00 AM

I didn't, that's why I started w/ lol.  I understand that jokes and sarcasm are hard to display on the internet.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: fayzaldean on February 12, 2008, 12:56:00 PM

i once used synthertic oil in my capri and i had smoke blowing everywhere and as soon as i changed my oil to the recommended one the problem was gone

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 12, 2008, 01:03:00 PM

What oil is reccommended, I ahve no owners manual?

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: pmpsht on February 13, 2008, 05:10:00 AM

I run full synthetic Mobil 1, but I have no facts that it's "better" for your engine.  I do know, once you run synthetic you have to stay with synthetic.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: Rocketman on February 13, 2008, 05:57:00 AM

I run "full synthetic" mobil1 in my Capri.

If you talk to some oil guru's they'll recommend something else, being that Mobil1 is not 100% synthetic, and a few other reasons, but I dont have a problem with it.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: pmpsht on February 13, 2008, 09:38:00 AM

It had always seemed to me that I had less lifter noise problems at start up with syn but, that could definitely be in my head or because I went to a heavier weight oil too.

Title: What oil are you running?
Post by: 1992xr2 on February 13, 2008, 11:15:00 AM

Thanks guy, that's what I wanted to know, as long as someone else is using synthetic and not popping oil seals I can feel confident in using it once she's up and running again.