I think the last time this got discussed on the list, the
consensus was that you should use whatever your car seems to
run best with. I have seen a special oil formulated for
carb dashpots but haven't tried it. Some people use ATF,
some use 10W. My GT6 seems happiest with plain old 10W-30
motor oil. I tried 10W and it ran like crap until it was
fully warmed up. It probably has a lot to do with altitude,
temperature and a lot of other variables. In my opinion,
there is no "correct" product to use. YMMV
Dave
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:26:12 EDT
From: Lwestgaph@cs.com
Subject: dashpot problem
Hi guys
recently had a problem with the engine misfiring on my gt6 found out that it
was because one of the carb pistons had stuck due to low oil- so the carb
was not mixing which lead to soot on the plugs. so i freed up the piston and
put some oil in the dashpot and replaced the plugs, and the car has been
running fine. but then the other carb was running low on oil so i topped that
up and now the other is running low. any ideas? do i need to get my carbs
tuned? can i buy an off the shelf purpose oil for carbs? if not what is the
easiest way to mix engine oil to the correct viscosity for the carbs, been
advised to mix wd40 with a 15w40 is this correct?
thanks
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