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Subject:Re: redline v. amsoil
From:Mark Mages
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2001 09:04:39 -0700

I used Amsoil for engines in my scirocco.  I really
didn't notice any difference, but I did notice that
trying to find a reseller that has it in stock is next
to impossible.

--- Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@HOME.COM> wrote:
> Don't know anything about Amsoil, but here, again,
> is a link to a
> discussion of Red Line.
> http://www.vtr.org/maintain/lubricants-redline.html
>
> Pretty hard to beat starting with synthetic jet
> turbine oil as your
> base.  I never trust anyone who bad mouths his
> competition.  Amsoil is
> sold though a distributor channel, not retail, so
> they are less than
> objective, but it may be a fine product.
>
> And after inspecting the good as new bearings in my
> MGB tranny after
> 100,000 miles on Red Line MTL, I wouldn't put
> anything but Red Line
> products in my transmissions (MT-90 is used in the
> Vanagon).
>
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Personal mechanic for:
> '70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT

=====
Mark
Music is the soundtrack to the Low Budget B-movie that is my life.

87 Westfalia Gl
84 Scirocco 8v
http://student.fortlewis.edu/~mwmages/

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