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Re: Engine oil
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 4 Nov 2012 09:54:02 -0700
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor oil with a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing and street-legal applications. This...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:36:21 -0400
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor oil with a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing and street-legal applications. This...
Re: oil other than Castrol
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 22 May 2010 18:38:53 -0500
...oil other than Castrol > > Hey Dave, 15W40 is truck oil and as such has a much better additive package > that the 20W50 car oil...
Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
Historical mailing list - Robert Downes
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:43:07 -0400
...okay but 15W40 Rotella T diesel oil has a far superior >> additive >> package. It loses PSI much more slowly than does regular oil... >> >> On...
Re: Mixing oils with different weights.
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Fri, 20 May 2011 16:29:57 -0500
...To guarantee that anything will mix with anything they all have to be using the same basic additive packages and this includes the viscosity...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:57:37 -0600
...Diesel oils have a much more robust additive package because of the demands diesel engines put on their oil. And the additional additives are...
Re: Synthetic Oil(s) (long)
Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:46:18 UT
...that conventional oils (say 10x), and don't need as much additive package as a result. Early synthetic gear and transmission oils were just...
Re: 20/50 full syntetic motorcycle oil
Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:10:49 +0000
...The > additive packages in these oils are detrimental to catalytic converters and > oxygen sensors. 2007 and later Diesels require the now current low Sulphur...
Re: OIL API Service Levels...
Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:03:46 -0800
...I had heard that CC/CD ratings also indicated an extra > additive package in the oil designed to combat the corrosive > conditions which build...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:45:41 -0700
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor oil with a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing and street-legal applications. This...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:51:37 -0500
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor oil with a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing and street-legal applications. This...
Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
Historical mailing list - d spence
Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:50:27 -0700
...The actual cost in operation is also less as the additive package in Redline makes a 1-year or up to 18,000 mile...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:35:50 -0500
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor oil with > a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing and street-legal > applications. This...
Re: Changing oil: Hot, Lukewarm, or Cold
Historical mailing list
Fri, 3 Jul 2020 13:44:42 +0000
From what I understand, all automotive oils can be mixed without one breaking down another. Differing weights included. Quality, additive package etc. not taken...
Re: Was Techron, now MMO
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:12:07 -0500
...More modern oils have additives to prevent this from occurring. That is assuming you change your oil before the additive packages wear out, which...
Re: Smooth Gear Change
Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
Mon, 11 May 2009 09:44:52 -0700
...Yes its cold the cold oil syndrome, but with the new synthetics and the additive packages they have now days its the "cats meow...
Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:44:10 -0600
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor >> oil with >> a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing and >> street-legal >> applications. This...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:27:20 -0500
...a much more robust additive package because of the > demands diesel engines put on their oil. And the additional additives > are probably good for...
Re: blue vs green vs orange coolant
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:01:27 -0400
...Katz <katzd54@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >list: > >evans is propylene glycol with a special additive package. running pure pg >will cause the engine to run...
Re: While Talking About Fuel
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:24:13 -0500
...same load, but with something like > Chevron they would put the additive package in the tank, fill it with the > base gas and go...
Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:46:43 -0400
...It is the additive package (added literally as they fill the tanker that is headed to your station), that makes a difference, if any...
In article <1993Feb12.161234.6244@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
Historical mailing list
Sat, 13 Feb 93 06:40:32 GMT
...From what I understand, Castrol uses the best additive package of all dead dinosaur oils, so that's what I use. Kendall is commonly...
Re: Friday NVC, Chevron gasoline
Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 22:00:48 -0400
...The only difference in gas brands is the ethanol content and additive package. The "Top Tier" fuels have the highest amount of detergents in...
Re: Fryday Oil Topic
Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:40:23 -0400
...a lot of discussion about older, "flat tappet" engines needing the additive packages that are being phased out in favor of ones which are...
Re: Diesel Engine Oil
Historical mailing list
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:50:48 -0400
...With all the recent discussion on oils, maybe someone can clue us in! >> Diesels do require different additive packages than Gas engines. The biggest...
Re: Max Engine Oil Temperatures
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:39:03 -0700
...The additive package to control oxidation and maintain film strength for conventional oils can be consumed in less than 1000 miles. Synthetics are naturally...
Re: [vanagon] Re: electrolysis
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 7 Oct 2001 19:33:17 EDT
...The additive packages in commercial antifreeze products are designed to do just that (along with buffering and lubrication, and ...). They use surfactants which bind...
Re: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:33:54 -0800
My brother in law who's in the gas refining business says that mostly all grades of gas have the same cleaning additive package...
Re: Fw: Spillage when filling the gas
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:38:27 -0400
...http://www.colin-houston.com/Press_Releases/US_Gasoline_Detergent_Additives_1997-2004.pdf ). As to whether it's cheaper to put a bottle...
Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:58:20 -0700
20W50 is okay but 15W40 Rotella T diesel oil has a far superior additive package. It loses PSI much more slowly than does regular...
Gasoline containg detergents
Historical mailing list - Subject: Gasoline containg detergents
March 31, 1990
...The brands of gasolines listed below are claimed by their manufacturers to contain detergent packages designed to keep intake valves and fuel injectors clean...
Re: 20W50 Castorl Engine Oil
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 12:19:26 -0500
...Just like Mike said, engine oils don't have the right additive package. Also, engine oil will be too thin when hot and the...
Re: Left wheel on Syncro making a clicking sound.
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:34:33 -0500
...Or maybe the additive package in the wheel bearing grease you're using is especially tasty to the yellow-bellied van pecker. Matt Roberds
Re: Slick 50 any good?
Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:08:25 -0500
...I bought one of the first bottles (It is made and packaged here in the Houston TX area) in 1987 and used it for...
Re: oil other than Castrol
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 22 May 2010 18:31:30 -0500
...15W40 is truck oil and as such has a much better additive package > that the 20W50 car oil you've been using. > > If you...
Re: Fuel and Oil for a Vanagon?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 25 Apr 1995 19:39:35 -0700
...combustion by- >products, fines (small wear particles), additive package breakdown, >other contaminants. I would tend to agree with this as well. I've run...
Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 Waterboxer engines.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:08:15 -0400
...okay but 15W40 Rotella T diesel oil has a far superior >> additive >> package. It loses PSI much more slowly than does regular oil... >> >> On...
Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:27:12 -0400
...Contains 75% higher zinc than SM motor > oil with a balanced additive package designed to work in both racing > and street-legal applications. This...
Re: What weight oil to use in 2.1L?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 2 Jun 1996 02:41:18 -0400
...These fleet oils usually have superior additive packages and are especially suited to diesels. Hope some of this helps. Dennis.
Re: [vanagon] Re: electrolysis
Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
Tue, 9 Oct 2001 11:29:12 EDT
...The additive packages in commercial antifreeze products are designed to do just that (along with buffering and lubrication, and ...). They use surfactants which bind...
Re: Friday NVC, Chevron gasoline
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:56:56 -0700
...The only difference in gas brands is the ethanol content and additive package. The "Top Tier" fuels have the highest amount of detergents in...
Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium? (Chemistry, beware!)
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:36:47 -0800
...Today's gas has a full additive package (including detergents to keep injectors clean, thanks to the BMW gas spec which is now a...
Re: Fuel and Oil for a Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Jerry Dunham
Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:22:30 -0600 (CDT)
...combustion by- products, fines (small wear particles), additive package breakdown, other contaminants. If you really want to USE the extended life of a synthetic...
Re: what's the best kind of gasoline?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:35:29 -0400
...what's the best kind of gasoline? > > Gas is Gas. > > It is the additive package (added literally as they fill the tanker that > is...
Oil, octane
Historical mailing list
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 12:52:21 -0700
...The bad rap about multi-viscosity oils is that the additive packages which cause it to seem to be thicker at higher temperatures (what...
Re: Redline Heavy Shock Proof Gear Oil ? - Daryl ? try again ...
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:39:42 -0700
...name brand synthetic oils are pretty similar these days as the additive packages have improved so much over 10 yrs ago or more. GL5...
Re: Toilet paper filter is better
Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:13:45 -0400
...miles the oil still has near new quantities of its oil additive package and oxidation numbers show that the oil is still not breaking...
Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:55:57 -0700
...it takes the factory ones 20 years to rot out, and that is purely from not changing coolant, or using some rust inhibiting additive...
Ed Hackett's big oil FAQ (long) Subject: New oil data
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Jul 94 8:11:24 PDT
...Oil additives should not be used. The oil companies have gone to great lengths to develop an additive package that meets the vehicle's...
Re: 20W50 Castorl Engine Oil
Historical mailing list - Brenton Tait
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:25:05 +0200
...Just like Mike said, engine oils don't have the right additive package. Also, engine oil will be too thin when hot and the...
Re: Newbie Oil Question (Facts added)(long)
Historical mailing list - Subject: Re: Newbie Oil Question (Facts added)(long)
2 Apr 92 19:33:31 GMT
...Oil additives should not be used. The oil companies have gone to great lengths to develop an additive package that meets the vehicle's...
Re: Electric Water Pump
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:54:19 -0800
...Anti-corrosion additives in anti-freeze are abrasive ????? I think you should offer some documentation or something to back up that claim. Don't...
Re: All the gears but second
Historical mailing list - Mike South
Mon, 5 Mar 2012 22:09:08 -0600
...20 yrs ago, the GL4 was the only good oil, but since > then the additive packages of most all modern oils are ok for...
Re: More Clutch - part 4 or is it 5
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Thu, 1 Jul 2010 21:26:40 -0700
...20 yrs ago, the GL4 was the only good oil, but since then the additive packages of most all modern oils are ok for...
some stuff about coolant
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 10 May 2002 20:31:26 -0500
...The freeze protection is permanent, but the additives are consumed in battle, so to speak. About half the additive is made of buffers to...
Re: Which is the best coolant to use? Part II
Historical mailing list - joel walker
Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:05:05 -0600
...The freeze protection is permanent, but the additives are consumed in battle, so to speak. About half the additive is made of buffers to...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:10:23 -0800
...I couldn't say if synthetic has a better additive package than conventional oils, but they should, give the much higher cost. here's...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic) - I use Walmart 15-40 Diesel
Historical mailing list - courtney hook
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:47:06 -0800
...It's made in Canada for Walmart, so don't know who the supplier is, or the additive package, but after 8 years, it...
Flywheel Dowel Pins
Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
Fri, 2 Jul 2010 15:44:56 -0400
...20 yrs ago, the GL4 was the only good oil, but since then the additive packages of most all modern oils are ok for...
Re: Make Best of Synthetic Oil?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 18 Sep 1993 13:27:09 GMT
...Oil additives should not be used. The oil companies have gone to great lengths to develop an additive package that meets the vehicle's...