Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 23:55:37 -0400 From: "Turbodave" <yeahnopsamt.com> Subject: Re: Does anyone use synthetic oils?
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_078B_01C1149C.22B49C00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Well while we are on the subject I learned the hard way that = synthetic oil is actually to slippery in some cases as in on roller = camshafts, I was having trouble with wiping out the lobes in a short = period of time, finally got the answer from the guy who machines my race = motors/ and then backed up by one of the tech people at Crower.. , it is = so slippery that the roller on the lifter will not turn as it is going = up the ramp for a short duration, the reason is the inside pin on the = roller has a higher friction no. than the outer part of the pin that = touches the cam lobe creating this skid area eventually wearing out the = lobe. Just something I have come across, I also feel that a turbo with = anything less than perfect seals is more likely to leak with synthetic. Just my opinion on the latter part though. Dave . ------=_NextPart_000_078B_01C1149C.22B49C00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Well while we are on the subject = I learned=20 the hard way that synthetic oil is actually to slippery in some = cases as in=20 on roller camshafts, I was having trouble with wiping out the lobes = in a=20 short period of time, finally got the answer from the guy who = machines my=20 race motors/ and then backed up by one of the tech people at = Crower.. , it=20 is so slippery that the roller on the lifter will not turn as it is = going up=20 the ramp for a short duration, the reason is the inside pin on the = roller=20 has a higher friction no. than the outer part of the pin that = touches the=20 cam lobe creating this skid area eventually wearing out the=20 lobe.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Just something I have come across, I also feel = that a=20 turbo with anything less than perfect seals is more likely to leak = with=20 synthetic.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Just my opinion on the latter part = though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Dave .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_078B_01C1149C.22B49C00--
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