Your comment:
>i will mix brands if needed and will see no ill results
Brought back some old memories. When I was in the USAF in the late '50s, the
Sergeant in charge of our Motor Pool explained that the idea "Don't mix
brands"
was BS. He was in Korea in 1951 and they had problems with the new
"Detergent" oils. The additive packages were incompatible. The White House
even got involved and pressured the oil companies to make absolutely sure
that all oils would be completely compatible with each other, for the good
of America and to support our Boys in Korea.
That's why a quart of A will mix just as well with a quart of B, as it will
with another quart of A.
Bryan
piggy wrote:
>Like you I've run many oils... none with any ill effect.
>
>in thousands of engines ( yes in my navy career i saw thousands , we had
>over 300 rolling stock alone in one command ) and even in the day when we
>did oil sample analyasis , i have yet to see an engine failure that was
>directly related to oil failure , oil pump failure yes or oil level
>insufficient , but not a breakdown of oil that caused that failure. it takes
>a mighty hard pounding to make oil fail , in fact if we had veggie
>shortening and high enough oil pressure then it would run in an engine.
>the most common problems with oil though is excess heat and excess cold .
>so give me any oil in a pinch
>give me any brand when i cant get my brand
>i will mix brands if needed and will see no ill results
>i prefer synthetic as it holds up to heat better and " seems " to be slicker
>and is reported to be so by the manuf.
>i use pennzoil in my old beater
>mobil one in my harley
>if i get my new dodge diesel it will have syn
>
>your mileage may ( will ) of course vary
>
>don t.
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