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GoBoy
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Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:35 pm

I run mineral oil ONLY in my engines due to the fact that they are not daily runners . Mineral protects the engine internals BETTER than detergent oil
Mineral oil is NOT for breaking in an engine only !!!!! That is a myth
Anyone that tries to tell me that better be able to explain how engines ran perfectly well before Detergent oils came along.


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Colonel
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Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:31 am

Do you run 100LL?  Does mineral oil leave more lead
deposits than detergent oil?

Remember the infamous Mobil AV-1 full-synthetic fiasco
which left enough lead behind to plug up oil passages.
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GoBoy
Posts: 98
Joined: Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:35 pm

I run mineral oil and 100LL
Have never had any issues
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Colonel
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Joined: Wed Apr 29, 2015 10:31 am

Yeah, we did for decades.  It was nerve-wracking when
detergent (er, [i]dispersant[/i]) aviation oils came out and
people starting switching from mineral to dispersant -
we didn't know what was going to come loose.
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