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Subject:Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
From:Frank Condelli
Date:Thu, 10 May 2012 05:29:55 -0400

20w70 ?  Where do you find that ?  Why not just throw some sawdust in with the oil ?

On 2012-05-09, at 5:12 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Thicker oil won't replace missing metal, but it will help maintain oil press=
> ure.  If you get a flicker when hot, consider going to 20w/70 or such.

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