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Re: Oil question

To: healey.nut@gmail.com, Healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Oil question
From: dracmarine@aol.com
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:23:32 -0500
Its just old dinosaur bones settling to the bottom;  I am going to switch to 
synthetic... 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: healey.nut@gmail.com
To: Healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 2:07 PM
Subject: Oil question


Hi - 
 
I have several unopened quarts of Castrol GTX 20W50 that have been on 
the shelf about 5 years. 
 
Yesterday I opened one to satisfy my thirst ... and after pouring it 
into the BJ8 I noticed a layer of semi-solid brown goo on the bottom 
of the bottle. 
 
The oil color (that I poured out) was a perfect golden brown color so 
I think the oil was fine to use but my questions are 
 
1) Is the goo the additives that have come out of suspension or is it 
something else? 
 
2) If the answer to 1 is yes... should I have shaken or mixed it up 
first before pouring it into the car? 
 
Thanks, 
 
 
-- Alan 
 
'52 A90 
'53 BN1 
'64 BJ8 
 
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