RE: Re: Dark Oil?

From: Ronald Wong (ron-wong@home.com)
Date: Sun Mar 25 2001 - 14:03:22 EST


You may want to try these people to check out your oil:
http://www.blackstone-labs.com/
I believe the DML gets a special rate.

Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
For modifications see my DML Profile (URL follows)
http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Kw9pV1EkFeOYY

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Shane Moseley
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 10:45 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Re: Dark Oil?

Ronald Wong wrote:

> Shane,
>
> Check out this site: http://cjsupra.kendra.com/Oil-Spec.html
> Nothing there indicates sulphur or sulphur products, only as a by-product
of
> diesel fuel combustion, which is a corrosive.

Hey thanks for that link - good info for sure. I wish I had tracked mine
like
that! My oil history is pretty much all Castrol GTX 20w-50 since the first
oil
change. I add some marvel mystery oil during the winter season to thin it
out a
bit (and do some extra cleaning). The main reason I went w/20w-50 is
because it
stays on my moving parts longer overnight and provides me with more
protection
at startup than any thinner oils I've ever used. It eliminated that first
few
seconds of "lifter noise" as well as made for a rock solid, steady oil
pressure
reading under all conditions from crank to kill.

>From the looks of that analysis - Castrol might not be using sulphur - oops
maybe thats why I see some scuffing. Hmmm, now I'm wondering how I might
find
out about which products use it and in what amounts. From that data - it
looks
like Redline makes heavy use of both Moly and Zinc - and that Mobil 1 does
the
same w/Magnesium. Very interesting data for sure!

Thanks again!

Shane

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