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Subject:Mixing Marvel and Redline?
From:Don & Christina Preston
Date:Sun, 27 Jan 2002 23:42:54 -0800

Hiya all,

Every now and then, if I let my van sit for a while, she fires up and clacks
something awful. I've fixed this before by dumping half the oil and topping
off with Marvel and running until the noise subsided. Then I drained all the
oil and refilled, replacing the filter at the same time.

My question is this. Is it a bad idea to mix Marvel and Redline? Say half a
quart. I run Redline 10w30 in the winter and 20x50 in the summer. I've just
never mixed synthetic oil with Marvel before and I'm wary.

Thanks,

Don Preston
 Seattle, WA
  '87 Wolfy GL
   ~Betsy the Mp3 Bus~