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Nov 10, 2000 | 02:37 PM

#11

cdelena

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Quote:

Originally posted by Bigal:
Do you have a thread for the Redline comments, I'd like to see them.

They were published in R&T sometime in the last year. I don't have a hardcopy, perhaps it is online.

Nov 10, 2000 | 06:25 PM

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heffeme

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Here are a few points i wanted to add on the post of Bigal's oil info (which was very interesting) and Cdelena

Nov 11, 2000 | 04:22 AM

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Big Al

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From: Spanish Fort

Thanks Heffeme for the interesting remarks. Your point about oil changes in Europe are right on.

Thanks for the moly discussion, it is nice to have someone giving some technical insight to this subject.

Nov 11, 2000 | 06:16 AM

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cdelena

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Quote:

Originally posted by heffeme:

Actually i think there would be one single big advantage to this: longer service intervals. From personal experience, in many euro countries, the garages will not change oil before the manufacturers specified interval.

Good theory but studies by manufacturers, oil companies, and fleet operators show that it is contamination and breakdown of the additives that force changes. Conventional oils are as good for extended intervals as synthetics.

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