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Thanks Jeg.  

I found the Classic XL on ebay but couldn't find the V67S...Anything else that is a little easier to find??  Of course I will call around in the morning.

Tony, do you understand what a multi-grade oil is???


I primarily use Castrol Classic XL 20W50 (API SE/CC) (Link: Product Data Sheet) and change the oil at least once per year, whether I've used the mini or not.  

The company I buy it from also has a 'ZDDP enhanced' formulation based upon the Classic XL 20W50.  (Link: Vantage V67S 20W50) which I sometimes mix 50/50 with the Classic XL; it always depends upon the budget...

Hasaaay, i feel for you tothfloor(tothe"F") , its really difficult to live in a country with 4season climate. , everytime there is a change in temperature you need to change the viscosity of your oil otherwise the car wont run good. During winter you need to put thin oil, during summer you need to use thck oil etc etc, and as the engine heats up, the thick oil becomes thin and the thin oil becomes thinner, no oil company has ever perfected the fluidity of oil. That is where oil additive comes into play. It maintains the proper viscosity of the oil irregardless of the rise and fall of the temperature. Living here in arizona, i wish there is oil thicker than 20/50,,, perhaps 30w/60?? Haven't seen one though. Im really really tempted to mix gear oil with my motor oil to make it more thicker. But for sure, sir Dan will scold me again.. Lol In asia, where theres only two seasons, we only use one oil viscosity, which is 10w/40 nothing else.

In regard to the OP's original post (I think I misread it a bit) but anyway; what is the common consensis on 20/50 oil hopefully keeping in mind the ZDDP (for a 1275 GT motor) ?

I have been using the Valvoline 20/50 racing oil but find it real thin as compared to the Castrol 20/50 which does not have the ZDDP additives??  New ideas for oil???  Hopefully something easy to find.

Indeed! 

Anyone remember the clamshell? It is needed back!

Haha, yes,, it WAS !! Now those wires that were hanging around are now intact and hidden beside the wiper motor, i hate to see engine bay with so much wires laying around, so un-pro ! The bent clutch arm has been replaced , and i drive my mini a sum of 200 miles a week , after hours work in the afternoon, were the temp is 130F... No over heating. This baby well pampered and well used ! With less money put into it. Some prople i know $hell$ out tons of $$$ to make their mini run good.

Than what?

I seem to remember that you had many problems with your distributor, leaky carburetor, fan, collapsed suspension, clutch, leaky rear brakes and so on...  

Hahaha, Greek mini?????? I believe somebody here is from Greece and he has a mini... And he's vedy handsome!

Ps: so i am off for 2 days,, im so happy... Got some break from work. I get to ride around with my indestructible mini.

The previous owner ofmy mini said that he drove this mini from Florida to California, with a milky brown radiator coolant, and does mostly 65-70 in hiways and it didnt overheat, no mechanical issues, just torn steering rubber covers thats it. Gosh, i was so impressed, thats why i bought it.

Originally Posted by Minerva It also cures cancer and gout....and brings world peace.....really. Trust me on this... Better than Windex?

ONly if used on a Big Fat Arch Greek Mini!

I know that. You know that. He just doesn't realize that the thing he has in the ice chest is an intercooler.
I also though about making an analogy to propane refrigerators, or steam chillers, but using heat to make ice would be just to big a concept. (My uncle once worked at the Bank of Canada: at one time they burned money - old bills taken out of circulation, miss-prints etc. - to fire the boiler to run the chiller to provide air conditioning. And that was when the Canadian dollar was worth more than the US dollar.)

He knows about intercoolers..

He has an air to water intercooler in his car tied into his AC system lol With that type of intercooler and a good core/ice etc ive seen IATS wayyyyyyy below ambient :)

While turbodave cools down, I will try to explain in very simple terms what an intercooler's job is.

1. If you take air at ANY temperature and compress it, the air gets hotter. (If you have an air compressor, touch the pipe going from the compressor to the reservoir. Then apply ointment.)
2. If you take summer Arizona air and compress it with a turbo, it becomes hotter than the outside air.
3. Add an intercooler between the turbo and the engine.
4. The air inside an intercooler has been compressed and is hotter than the air outside the intercooler.
5. The intercooler transfers heat from the hotter air inside it to the slightly less hot air outside.
6. An intercooler does not make intake air cold, it just removes some of the heat resulting from the air being compressed.

You don't know if the concept of an intercooler in a forced induction application would work in AZ???

Congrats, you really are an idiot with zero, absolutely zero understanding of the most basic concept of heat exchangers.

You have no comprehension of the highly calibrated N that falls somewhere between absolute zero and hot, where hot is yet another arbitrary number that is also unknown. 
And no-one here is going to give you any credit for your "super hero magician-like technical skills" to keep a low-compression 998 (putting out around 35hp on a good day), from overheating as you poodle around AZ. 

You need to stop and think some more. 
Actually, just stop. You are permanently flawed. 

DO NOT FEED PAUL EDMUNDS (troll)

So insecure

DO NOT FEED THE TROLL

I dunno if the concept of intecooler would work in AZ, because the air that is being blown onto the pins of the intercooler is already hot, so in essence, the intercooler heats up instead of cooling down. If you wanna experience Az heat in the highway, get a hair dryer and set it to medium and turn it on, thats how hot az temp is!in all actuality.

Ask that guy who live in meza Az, he knows what im talking about. I still wear my sweater at 90F...

As I told you the "N" on your gauge is approximate at best. In Aridzona, I doubt you have any concept of what real winter is.

Your engine may run better in "winter", but that is more likely because cooler air is denser and contains more oxygen per litre. So, when cold air is heated by the combustion in the cylinder, it expands more AND there's a better burn with more oxygen. Kind of like natural supercharging on  small scale. Speaking of forced induction (supercharging or turbocharging), that's what is happening then too, with more fuel added. On bigger systems, intercoolers are added to remove heat resulting from the compression of the air by the super/turbo-charger.

Oh, and the intake snorkel you had on your engine - the concept of that idea is to pull in cooler air from outside the engine bay.

Sir Dan, yes my mini does not overheat but it goes past the N mark, snd i dont want to see it pass N. The cooler the better, and i dont believe in optimum temperature thingie, my car runs better on winter,, no thinning of oil, bearings fet lubricate properly. I dunno why hunter2 did not reply to my qiery., iwas asking him something.