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Subject:Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Mon, 28 Jan 2002 07:57:04 -0600

The package information on back panel of the bottle of Mystery Oil should
tell you about compatibility of your proposed Champagne Mixture.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 23:42:54 -0800 Don & Christina Preston
<betsy@UTAH-INTER.NET> writes:
> 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~
>
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