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: Mixing oils Message-ID: <424@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Oct-84 14:53:37 EDT Article-I.D.: aluxe.424 Posted: Sun Oct 7 14:53:37 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 8-Oct-84 03:30:49 EDT References: <239@pertec.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 12 **** **** From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh > I still don't think you should mix oil brands. Some brands are made from > one type of base, while other brands are made from another (I can't > remember the names, but I think one of them is "Pennsylvania" type). Yes, the Pennsylvania oils are paraffin based oils while the others are asphalt based oils. The paraffin based oils are generally considered superior. I have frequently wondered if an as-affin mixture would be worse than either of the components. Also, I wonder about the guy that had graphite in his Mobil 1.