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- From: bourland@roentgen.radonc (Dan Bourland)
- Subject: Re: Texaco Havoline horror stories?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.131203.9151@bmw.mayo.edu>
- Sender: newsman@bmw.mayo.edu (/home/bmw/usenet)
- Reply-To: bourland@roentgen.radonc
- Organization: Mayo Clinic, Div. of Radiation Oncology
- References: <1992Sep9.015326.7451@cactus.org>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 13:12:03 GMT
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- ---In article 7451@cactus.org, thompson@cactus.org (Charles Thompson) writes:
- >I have heard two bad stories about quality control on Texaco
- >Havoline motor oil.
- >
- >Has anyone else heard bad things about Havoline? Other than
- >quality control it seems to be an o.k. oil.
-
- I have not heard negative responses to Havoline. It seems to
- be lower price, which I have always assumed to be related to
- Texaco's need for cash to pay off the Penzoil award.
-
- >How about CASTROL GT-X? is it decent?
- >
-
- Castrol GTX oil is supposed to be a superior oil, long lasting
- viscosity, especially for small, high-rev engines. I used to
- use it in my MG-B all the time.
- >
- >
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- J. Daniel Bourland, PhD
- Div. of Radiation Oncology
- Mayo Clinic, Desk R
- Rochester, MN 55905
- (507) 284-3551 Internet: bourland@mayo.edu
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