Re: [FWDLK] Motor Oil/oil pressure light
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Re: [FWDLK] Motor Oil/oil pressure light



I'll bet your friend doesn't live in a cold climate and get a straight 30
weight engine started below zero!

I've heard some really bad things about Pennzoil. Never used it myself. The
only thing I can say from experience is an experiment I once saw. A
synthetic oil dealer had 8 different brands of oil sitting on a block of dry
ice (-40 deg F) with paint stirring sticks in them so you could feel how
thick they got. All would flow to varying degrees. Except the Pennzoil. It
looked like a carameled apple on a stick.

Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
in HOT Minnesota

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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Motor Oil/oil pressure light

I use 10w30 Valvoline in my 59 Plymouth 318 with no problems (drive it
everyday). I have a friend who has never changed over to the  multi
viscostiy oils in his cars. He continues to use straight 30 weight Pennzoil
in his cars. When the subject comes up he points to his 72 Olds with 225,000
miles.  That engine (455) does sound sweet. He also has a '61 Chevy
(original family car) that has always used the straight weight oil.    John
Z
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Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 8:41 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Motor Oil/oil pressure light


> Howdy group. I was out running the 56 Savoy today. (6 cylinder) I was
> running it pretty hard this afternoon for about 50-60 miles at 75 mph and
at
> times 80mph. When I came down off the highway and into town to park. When
I
> was idling at the curb, the oil light was flickering. Not really lit, just
> flickering. It was pretty hot out today. Probably 90 degrees out and the
> engine temp was a higher than normal, but not overheating. I'm thinking
the
> last time I did an oil change, I put in 10w30 oil. I playing it off as the
> oil was a bit this from running it hard and maybe I should be running
20w50.
> I went to dinner and when I came back, everything was fine, no flickering
> light. Oil was about a half quart low.
> Any input to this.
> What weight oil do you folks run ?
>
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