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Subject:Re: Oil Light Discovery
From:John Rodgers
Date:Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:24:32 -0600

Well, yeah, that Fram filter doesn't help matters either.

The Castrol is good oil, but you need to be running a Mahle filter,
available through our various list vendors.

I run Mobil 1 15W50 Synthetic and a Mahle filter, and I have Redline MT
90 in the manual tranny, and Texaco Havoline Orange Coolant with two
bottles of Redline WaterWetter in it. No Problems!!

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jere Hawn wrote:

>Hi All,
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>I changed the oil and filter in Digi-wife's 88 GL and after a little use and
>some freeway driving the oil light would come on and the buzzer would go
>off...panic!!!!
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>I had just used the Techno Oil 20-50 from Wal-mart (cheap stuff) and a fram
>filter.  I changed the oil back to my favorite Castrol 20-50 and the oil
>light and buzzer have yet to come on.  I suspect the Techno Oil is just too
>cheap.
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>Jere
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>90 GL/Carat-a-version
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>88 GL
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