<And all the dipsticks are in Washington D. C.>
Hey , watchit !!!!
George in DC
----- Original Message -----
From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
To: <ardunbill@webtv.net>; Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>; <bigsid@webtv.net>;
marco <bk185@lafn.org>; <bjgayle@aol.com>; <gillette@aiinc.com>;
<LITNMAN@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: Winter Upgrades/oil
> List,
>
> I was asking questions about oil several years back at one of the race
meets
> on the salt. One of the people in the group was from an oil company or
had
> some connections with one. He made the statement that he had never seen
an
> engine be damaged by using a particular oil. He was very concerned about
> the uneven expansion of metals ... i.e. an aluminum piston in a cast iron
> block, or improper clearance allowing for expansion when the engine was
> assembled, and felt this was a major cause of engine failures. He had
> examples of various cars with problems at that meet and explained the
> reasons for the failures. None of the failures were lubrication related
but
> rather heat and expansion or stupidity related. What he said made sense.
> His comment was to the effect that the Big 3 automakers were delivering
> engines to a large group of people who are brainless about engine
> maintenance ... how often do you see an engine destroyed through
ignorance?
> Mostly it's either getting them too hot (lack of sufficient coolant),
> running them with no oil (never check the dipstick), or severely abusing
> them by over-revving the engine for extended periods of time ... all of
> which were examples of the metals actually expanding rapidly at different
> rates and seizing up because of that. He said that racers think they know
> everything about building engines but when the pro's do it the engine runs
> all day. Unfortunately most of the engines on the salt only run for a few
> minutes and he blames improper warming of the engine before a run for the
> bulk of failures.
>
> Reminds me of the comment I saw recently about the oil shortage ... hope
I'm
> not re-telling what you've already read;
>
> People never check their oil until it's too late.
> Unfortunately most of the crude oil is in Oklahoma and Texas ...
> And all the dipsticks are in Washington D. C.
>
> Wes
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