Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!aluxe!2141smh From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Multi-Viscosity Oils for Air Cooled Engines Message-ID: <417@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Sep-84 12:40:27 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.417 Posted: Sat Sep 29 12:40:27 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Sep-84 02:34:20 EDT References: <131@umcp-cs.UUCP> <1609@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 11 **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > If you own a air colled engine use the highest viscosity oil you > can *for your climate*. Change your oil's weight if the weather cools > during winter. I found that motorcycle oil works great in my air-cooled garden tractor. I use the Quaker State motorcycle oil. Previously I used 10W-30 and it would turn to a thick tar like substance which took an hour to drain a quart from the crankcase. The Quaker State motorcycle is stable.