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Date:  10-6-2016
Number of Hours:  0.50
Manual Reference:  Section 2
Brief Description:  I'm committing a carnal sin...

A whopping 25 million dollar lawsuit was settled by Mobile 1 several years ago for creating and selling a full synthetic aviation oil to lycoming and continental engine owners that totally destroyed their engines. The Main issue was the oil's inability to carry away the lead deposits coming from 100LL fuel. The result was a disaster to the engine's internals. This has lead AOPA and several other publications to warn engine owners against the use of fully synthetic oils when burning 100LL fuel.
However, in my quest to lower my oil temps I ran across a forum where the reno F1 crews were highly recommending the use of Amsoil 15W-50 racing oil. The claim was lower temps and higher RPM's while not worrying about excessive abuse due to the outstanding quality of Amsoil oil. I had one of the racers contact me and personally guarantee me that he has used it for hundreds of hours with ZERO problems and won't use anything else. I then contacted Amsoil and they also assured me that the 15W-50 Racing oil is Ashless Dispersant and is formulated to be run with leaded racing fuel in automotive applications. They did, however, make is very clear that Aircaft use is NOT approved. Monday, I will be on a conference call with their chemists to discuss 100LL specifically. In the meantime, I've decided to risk it, but puting 2 quarts of this stuff in with 2 qts of Aeroshell 15W-50 to see if even a marginal difference can be made. Ideally, I'd like to mix the 2 and err on the safe side, but I've got 4 more qts of this stuff to try if all goes well. :)
Finally, UL Power engines are MADE for 100% synthetic oil and Mogas, so all the Aeroshell additives are really unnecesary. The test flights will be made soon.
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May be a real winner here

May be a real winner here

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