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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 9:46 PM
Subject: RE: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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> Ah...but the beating that the average driver gives their Neon is far worse
> than racing - see that every day.
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> - Bernd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Byrne [mailto:kerib@ptd.net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:39 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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> I would put my 2.0 DOHC up against my 318 or my 4.7 for durability. The
> beatings I put that engine through racing and it keeps coming back for
> more.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org>
> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:59 PM
> Subject: RE: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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>> It's a Neon
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tom Byrne [mailto:kerib@ptd.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 6:53 PM
>> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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>> Put 5w30 in my DOHC Neon and it ticked like crazy. Put 10-30 and wit got
>> real quiet.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
>> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: DML: is this the end of the Dakota?...Mileage
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>>> "Jay & Dana" <jay&dana@telus.net> wrote:
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>>>> So in my 97, 318, which recommends 10w30, that I've used since day one,
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>>>> Mobil 1), you guys say that using 5w30 in the colder temps won't hurt
>>>> the
>>>> engine what-so-ever ? (gets to -20 degrees C here alot during the
>>>> winter,
>>>> Canada you know!)
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>>> I wouldn't expect it to be a problem. The 5w30 will actually flow
>>> better than the 10w30 when cold, which is an advantage for startups in
>>> those cold temps, and will flow the same as the 10w30 at running
>>> temperature. The only thing you potentially give up is a little
>>> longevity since the viscosity modifiers have to work harder to take a
>>> 5w to 30w than they do to take a 10w to 30w, but for a difference that
>>> small and normal oil change intervals, I'm sure this is completely
>>> negligible. A lower viscocity oil will supposedly not cool the
>>> valvesprings as well as a higher viscocity would, and lower viscocity
>>> will tend to drop oil pressure, but neither should not be a problem in
>>> this case since both oils will have the same viscocity at operating
>>> temp.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Jon-
>>>
>>> .- Jon Steiger -- jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -.
>>> | '96 Kolb Firefly, '96 Suzuki Intruder, Miscellaneous Mopars |
>>> `-------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com --'
>>>
>>>
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