Re: Motor Oil

Posted by Mark - IN. on March 04, 2006 at 18:54:20 from (64.12.116.74):

In Reply to: Motor Oil posted by mtgummibear on March 04, 2006 at 09:58:30:

You know, today was at the auto parts place. They have a couple of those "Lucas" displays. The ones where have 4 nylon gears, and spin the one at the bottom and on the left side watch "just" oil travel up the gears from bottom to top as rotate the thing (probably 10 wt to skew the outcome). Then on the right side is oil with the Lucas additive (probably 50 wt to further skew...). Is as different as night and day. I don't know if is really good for the engine or not, or what would mean to frequency of oil changes. Watching it made me think two things, is as different as night and day, and anything that sticks to gears like that reminds me of STP. I only ever used STP in one application, and wasn't an engine. Had a '69 K20 Chevy with a slightly damaged gear in the trans, so instead of 90 weight, I used STP. Sure made a difference, but in freezing temperatures, until that stuff heated up and thinned out, going through the gears was like trying to move a stick through newly poured concrete. Took a whole lot of umph. Never should've sold that truck.

Mark

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