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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!cix.compulink.co.uk!dingbat
  2. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  3. From: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk (Codesmiths)
  4. Subject: Re: Oil in the clutch?
  5. Cc: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
  6. Reply-To: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
  7. Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 09:25:29 +0000
  8. Message-ID: <memo.534216@cix.compulink.co.uk>
  9. Sender: usenet@gate.demon.co.uk
  10. Lines: 16
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  12. In-Reply-To:  carl@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Carl Devore)
  13.  
  14. > >I have experienced major clutch slippage problems with a [bike]
  15.  
  16. > Can this happen in a regular car?  Does engine oil get in the clutch?
  17.  
  18. It's not meant to, but one effect often reported with synthetic oils
  19. is that they find oil leaks dinosaur oils don't manage to. If you
  20. have a slight leak from the rear crankshaft seal, it might be
  21. insignificant with hole-in-the-ground oil, but enough of a leak with
  22. synthetic to cause clutch slippage.
  23.  
  24. Pre-war cars commonly had a cork clutch, in an oil bath. These
  25. *don't* like synthetic oil.
  26.  
  27.           Andy Dingley    dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
  28.