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Subject:guiness in the oil
From:Austin
Date:Wed, 8 Mar 2000 21:25:02 -0800

At 05:58 PM 3/8/2000 EST, you wrote:
>
>secondly, yesterday i went to top off the oil b/c after about 2000 miles she
>burns close to a quart.  when i took off the filler cap it was gooed up and
>down with what appeared to be the foam of the great guiness.  it was thick
>and viscous and smelled like a weird oil.

>jason

Usually an indication of a *lot* of short trips, not allowing the engine to
thoroughly warm up; it's an emulsion of oil & water.  Time for a 500 mile
round trip somewhere!

Austin

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