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<div dir="ltr">A google search under his name seems not to reveal his identity though he is a prolific and generous contributor on several fora. </div>
<div dir="ltr">The article is extensive and certainly impressive and rat does go to great lengths to convince us of his process and conclusions.  That said it flies somewhat in the face of much other evidence and directs us fom one additive to  another.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Thoughts????</div>
<div dir="ltr">Best--Michael Oritt</div>
<div class="yiv1544666996gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1544666996yqt0479348760" id="yiv1544666996yqtfd45851"><div class="yiv1544666996gmail_quote">On Aug 27, 2016 12:33 AM, "Michael Salter" <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1544666996gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv1544666996gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Talking of oil here is an interesting article...VERY LONG... on lifter wear that is opening some eyes!!!<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://speedtalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32471">http://speedtalk.com/forum/ viewtopic.php?f=1&t=32471</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1544666996gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Certainly has me wondering...<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1544666996gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;font-size:small;">M<br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv1544666996gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1544666996gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Bob Spidell <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net">bspidell@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1544666996gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div>We never talk about oil, so ....</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Anybody use this stuff?</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Kendall-1057267-Performance-20W-50-Titanium/dp/B004RNSO2M">https://www.amazon.com/Kendall -1057267-Performance-20W-50- Titanium/dp/B004RNSO2M</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>This is the best price I've seen on (I assume it's) decent 20W-50 (and I just bought 3 cases of Valvoline @ $4.99/qt + shipping).</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Bob</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span></span>------------------------------ --<br clear="none">Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA<span></span><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none">______________________________ _________________<br clear="none">
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