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Originally Posted by tofu1413
i heard horror stories of RDX'es blowing up using the wrong synthetic oil..
same goes for S2000's..? i think the timing chain tensioner or something goes wack when someone uses mobile 1...??
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Link me to the RDX stories.. I'm actually interested. But again, the failure was because of user being idiot and using oil that didn't meet HTO-06 standard. Pretty idiotic if you ask me, especially since M1 is written right on the engine cap. Only 4 oils that I know of meet this spec, M1 5w30, PP 5w30, Amsoil 0w30 SSO, and Kendall 5w30.
As for the S2K TCT issue, is that really oil related? S2k owners were getting funny noises because slack in the chain was causing improper contact with the various chain guides/tensioners and upper timing gear. Oil problem or timing chain system design problem?
I highly doubt that the BRAND of oil had anything to do with it.. Ie if M1 wasn't used, it wouldn't happen.
M1 is just extremely popular with S2K users, so its not surprising the blame would be pinned onto them. Correlation doesn't = causation of course. A friend of mine w/ an S2k used Amsoil (which is actually a full synthetic btw), and still had TCT issues.
PS. It's Mobil1, not Mobile1.
