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- From: Steve.Kaess@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Kaess)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Pressurize Oil Before Starting ?
- Message-ID: <714812436.F00003@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:18:25 -0500
- Lines: 53
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- > let you know.
- >
- > Ethan, I wonder what you would consider acceptable mileage
- > and if you
- > haven't been getting it out of your engines then I wonder
- > why.
- >
- > (Yes, that's intentionally a little provocative.... nothing
- > personal,
- > I just wanted to spur some discussion on the expected vs
- > actual
- > mileage among the net readers.)
-
- 1st car-67 ford falcon--164,000 miles--no known engine work
- 2nd car-70 chevy impala- 145,000 miles--bad cam, several cyl.
- dead...still ran though:>
- 3rd car-73 plymouth fury I ex new jersey state police investigators
- car--135,000 worked great, sold it
- 4th car--74 datsun 260z--loads of trouble, but the basic engine was
- fine--sold at ~125,000
- 5th car-79 honda civic cvcc--needed head job at 50k, needed overhaul
- at 110,000 wore out at 130,000
- 6th car-vw type 3 squareback--needed heads because the valves were
- burnt, blew trans after 1 year no clutch 150,000
- 7th car-77 vw scirrocco- crashed it but no engine trouble
- 8th car-79 vw dasher gas--best car I ever owned--170,000 miles and
- the sherriff took it to satisfy a lein--I was gonna take the oil
- filter off and seize it but could not do it.
- 9th car-78 ford fiesta-150,000 or so--it just got real ratty and
- I did not want to spend money on it because my sister gave me the
- next car--no engine trouble though
- 10 car-now-80mercury zepher-103,000 miles on it engine is ok
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- what is common here--I drive fast--70-80
- I cahnge oil with castrol or valvolene and a name brand(fram,
- motorcraft, a/c,purolator, lazorlite, or mann filter every time--
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- I use 20-50 oil most of the time
- almost no engine trouble--all my cars are basicly good cars that
- were in ok shape when I bought em(all are used) and were taken care
- of but run hard...the only one that was no good was the honda...little
- piece of shit...the fiesta about the same model year as the honda
- was 100% better
- Just take care'of a good car and it will care for ya...
- remeber kaess' rules
- 1)6 is better then 4
- 2)fi is better then carb
- 3)electronic ign is better then points
- 4)no turbo is better then turbo
- 5)CHANGE THE OIL AND THE AIR FILTERS
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