

| Subject: | Re: Tune up on the '56 |
| From: | Steve Johnson |
| Date: | Tue, 2 Jan 1996 08:57:55 -0800 (PST) |
So Michael A. White says:
>
> Ack! I ran Semi-synthetic in my 1776 and it went from a mildly warm
> running engine to a cooker. I quickly went back to dino and solved
> my problem.
>
> Apparently synthetic sheds the heat into the case, and in our little
> air (really oil) cooled engines, you need the heat to stay in the oil
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> until it goes through the air-cooler.
I'm really having trouble with this last statement. I realize that the
oil passes through the engine and thereby absorbs some of the heat, but
I still believe that the air/fan does most of the essential cooling.
Anyone care to comment on this? Maybe the synthetic doesn't absorb
as well as the dino-oil?
Steven
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