Please excuse the "dumb" question........ but I see name brand (Castrol,
Mobile) 20/50 oil in the warehouses and the auto parts stores all the time.
Is there something special we should look for on the API Service label?
Bob Danielson
75 TR6 - status at
http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
-----Original Message-----
From: David Hill <David_J_Hill@email.msn.com>
To: fred thomas <vafred@erols.com>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: Re. Proper oil for O/D gearbox.
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>Fred thomas wrote.....
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>> Where did you ever find a 20/50 non-detergent oil, the only
>>non-detergent I have seen is 30, never multilple viscosity, please let me
>>know I would to buy some.
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>Sorry, Fred, I was being too economical with terminology. What I really
>meant to say was that I bought the most basic spec. oil I could find.
Having
>heard of problems with, for example, Rover V8 engines and Castrol GTX, I
>bought bog-standard 20/50 multigrade from Rix Petroleum in York.
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>This is a straightforward oil with no added slippery substances, no
>outrageous claims, etc., etc. You may have noticed that 20/50 is hard to
get
>hold of anyway.
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>According to the container, the oil is specified....
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>API SF/CC Mil-L-46152B
>MIL-L-2104B
>CCMC G2 & D1
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>Now, if someone who knows all about oil recognises this stuff as a
detergent
>oil, I stand to be corrected and will don flameproof underwaer immediately.
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>My sincere apologies if I have mislead anyone.
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>David Hill
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