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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: OBOY!!! an OIL debate!!!
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 14:26:55 EDT
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I've had good experiences with Castrol 20W50.  My Mercedes sedan has 138,000
miles on it, and gets ~3,000 miles to a quart of oil, despite being
an OHC design (which in my experience are often more prone to oil
leakage past the valves).  The engine never had a complete overhaul,
but the previous owner had new valve guides put in at 100,000 miles,
as well as con-rod bearings and rings.  The bearings and rings were done
as a matter of course because the heads were off, but they didn't really
need it, and the oil consumption was the same before this work as after.

(Basically, the prev. owner did this work as kind of a 100,000 mile
routine maintenance job.  He had ~20 cars on his property, and had
his own mechanic come out to his car storage barn for work.  He bought
Castrol by the drum, and changed each car every 3,000 miles, or one year,
whichever was first, as many of his cars were collector cars that only
got driven ~50-100 miles a year.)

- Plus, if you have a car that burns oil, the smell of Castrol bean-oil
is better than other oils!

Bob Schleicher
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