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Re: Oil and Oil coolers

To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Oil and Oil coolers
From: Michael Dietsche <mdietsche@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:47:25 -0800 (PST)
Reply-to: Michael Dietsche <mdietsche@yahoo.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@autox.team.net
I use the 20-50 in the 1500 Midget, and the 5-30 and 10-30 in other
vehicles......I just go with the manufacturer's recommended type.  The
stuff I use comes in a clear bottle, and I think it is called
Hi-Performance Blend...

MD



---Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu> wrote:
>
> What weight of Quaker State semi-syn are you running (20w50, 10w40)?
> 
> At 11:49 AM -0500 3/15/99, Michael Dietsche wrote:
> ...
> > I've had excellent luck with the Quaker State blended synthetics in
> > all my older vehicles.  QS's lubrication engineers steered me away
> > from their pure synthetic in any car older than 1980, unless I was
> > changing all seals on an engine rebuild (same for tranny and axle).
> > But they said their semi-synthetic blend could be run with no seal
> > problems, and it is very temperature tolerant....
> 
> __________________________________________
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> 
> 
> 

==

Michael B. Dietsche, P.E.


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