

| Subject: | Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines. |
| From: | Rocket J Squirrel |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:44:05 -0700 |
On 07/29/2011 01:12 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
> I'm a WD 40 fan.
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>
> Last week I accidentally drove over a spray can of it that I had
> left under the van. Stains the gravel well.
It's useful tid-bits of information like this that make the cost of
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-- RJS
PS -- I believe it was last week when Scott said something to the effect
that a good engine should easily create 10 psi of oil pressure per 1,000
rpm. THAT was in fact a very useful bit of information to me.
-- Rocket J Squirrel, who is presently looking at the recommended oils
chart in his 1984's owner's manual ("Lubricants," p. 54) and wondering
what the right viscosity is for conditions where the nighttime lows are
in the mid-40's (F) and the daytime highs are in the mid-90's. SAE 20-50
works down to the cold end of things, but does not to up to the hot end
of things where the chart recommends SAE 40. And who is also fully aware
that this subject was just discussed to death a couple weeks ago. Did we
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