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- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!wildcan!sq!donald
- From: donald@sq.sq.com (Donald Teed)
- Subject: Re: Motor oil is motor oil... or is it?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.155541.2288@sq.sq.com>
- Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
- References: <1992Sep9.234902.6535@kronos.arc.nasa.gov> <nataraja.716161135@lead5> <1992Sep11.005129.2133@kronos.arc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 15:55:41 GMT
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- chucko@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Chuck Fry) writes:
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- >It certainly doesn't hurt anything to go from dinosaur oil to
- >synthetic. In fact most synthetic oil makers used to recommend
- >waiting until the engine was broken in to start using synthetics,
- >because the lubrication was so good the piston rings would never seat!
- >I don't know what they're recommending now.
-
- I have been looking for a synthetic oil which matches the type
- recommended for my vehicle (10W30), but I don't see it available.
- I can find 5W30 and 15W50 in synthetic. Is there something
- I don't understand about the numbers? Does anyone have
- a recommendation on who makes 10W30 in synthetic form?
-
- --Donald Teed
-