Jerry Hey wrote:

On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 09:38 AM, ACRE NL wrote:

Royce Wise wrote:

I don't know what I did with it, but I think there was a post about
not using
synthetic oil in the rotary.
Anyone remember that post?
Royce

I searched for the key words Royce AND synthetic and I found nothing.

Paul Lamar

My 1988  RX-7 owner's manual says, "DO NOT USE SYNTHETIC OIL."
Jerry

Yes but they don't tell you why not or what brands. Some are using Mobil 1
with
no apparent problems. I tried soaking the green Oil O-rings
in Mobil 1 with no apparent problems.

Paul Lamar

It may have to do something with injecting it in the combustion chambers in
auto application?
Bulent

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