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Hi Gary, here, here!<br>
Cheers<br>
Larry Varley<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/06/2015 7:57 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:editorgary@aol.com">editorgary@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:14de4a07dc3-735d-1e29a@webprd-m65.mail.aol.com"
type="cite"><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif" size="2"><font style="color: black;" size="2">I'm
wondering if the 17-year-locusts and the topic of What oil?,
subtopic weight, subtopic synthetic, subtopic ZDDP, both seem
to crawl out of the ground at about the same regularity. The
topics come up, they are beat to death with the same old myths
and old-wives tales, and eventually they go back to ground,
only to arise again several years later.</font>
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<div style="color: black;"><font size="2">So, </font></div>
<div style="color: black;"><font size="2">Here is the beginning,
middle, and end of the gospel.</font></div>
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<div style="color: black;"><font size="2">ZDDP as an additive is
only important when an newly rebuild engine is being broken
in.</font></div>
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<div style="color: black;"><font size="2">Synthetic oil is an
unnecessary expense.</font></div>
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<div style="color: black;"><font size="2">Oil in old cars should
be changed once every year.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oil in old cars should be in the 20W50
range.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">That's all you need to know. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Oh, Pat Quinn is probably right regarding 30
weight non-detergent oil in Healey transmissions because of
their slightly weird design using a magnet and a coarse
screen in the bottom of the drain.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">And none of the above applies to cars being
raced with rpm routinely over 4000. You and your mechanics
have figured out answers that suit you, and if your mechanic
is older than you are, trust him.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Any other answer is either being promoted by
a manufacturer selling a blend of snake oil, profiteering,
and engine oil or someone who believes everything they find
on the internet regardless of source or age.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">That's it; end of story. Don't make me pull
out the hundreds of references supporting this gospel
because I won't.<br>
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<div style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; clear: both;"><font face="Times
New Roman, Times, serif"><i>Gary Anderson</i><br>
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<div style="color: black; clear: both;"><font><i><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">E<font size="2">ditor
at Large, Austin-Healey Magazine</font></font></i></font></div>
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