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RE: First 10 miles

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Subject: RE: First 10 miles
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:16:48 -0700
> In the old days the factory specified using straight weight of
> whatever was
> in the motor for the dashpots - I could see 20, 30 40 or even
> 50wt but 90 -

Just a FYI ... gear oil weight is measured on a different scale than motor
oil.  90 weight gear oil may actually be thinner (the ranges overlap) than
50 weight or even 40 weight motor oil.

It's getting rather dated, but check out the Motor Oil FAQ on VTR's website
:
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/oil-overview.html

Randall

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