Here is a page from API on spec.
Take Care
Ted Vega
Crosby, Tx
http://www.api.org/programs_services/quality/oilchart.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: jslsb <jslsb@uswest.net>
To: zorro@pop3.kih.net <zorro@pop3.kih.net>
Cc: Advdesign1@aol.com <Advdesign1@aol.com>; oletrucks@autox.team.net
<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 24, 1999 12:24 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] OIL
>The API oil rating is listed on the label of almost every quart of oil. Go
to your local
>Kmart, Walmart or auto supply and look at the labels of various brands of
oil until
>you find one with the SJ rating on it.
>Scott
>
>zorro@pop3.kih.net wrote:
>
>> Hmmm,, okay. Now to sound *really* stupid. If I go to my local
auto parts
>> supplier and ask for API service SJ oil, are they going to know
what I mean?
>> Is there a specific name brand, or is this a grade all suppliers
provide? And,
>> is there other questions they will ask me,, like, what weight,
etc......
>> Bert
>>
>> > I am extremely adamant that only API service SJ oil be used if you want
to
>> > maximize the life of your engine. I can't stress this too strongly.
Modern
>> > oil has anti scuff, anti wear, anti oxidants, extreme pressure
additives, and
>> > a lot of other goodies that keep an engine trucking along. Oil
engineers all
>> > recommend it. Some backyard mechanics haven't woken up yet.
>> > Bob ADler
>> http://members.tripod.com/~Chevy_Apache_1958
>> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
>
>
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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