

| Subject: | Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines. |
| From: | Mike Miller |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:07:22 -0700 |
consensusize?
I thought you gave that up?
On Jul 29, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> On 07/29/2011 01:12 PM, Alistair Bell wrote:
>> I'm a WD 40 fan.
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>> 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
> subscribing to this list worth every penny.
>
> -- 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
> consensusize this matter already?Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »