Oh yeah, you'll get those big dust storms out there in the Palouse -
all those rolling hills and farmland. Spokane is a bit more wooded.
My wife's family has a farm in Lacrosse, which is about 30 miles out
from Colfax and 45 miles from Pullman (WSU). They definitely get dust
storms out there! Washington you can go from desert to farmland to
woods to mountains to rainforest to coastline just following I-90
through the state. Pretty weird.
I'll just go for it with the synthetic oil - if I spring a leak I'm
sure the list will hear about it, and everyone will say "TOLD YOU SO!"
Heh.
MattB
On Mon, 25 May 2009 23:18:00 -0400, dustinewilliams@gmail.com (Dustin
Williams) wrote:
>
>I guess I'm more familiar with the Walla Walla and Wenatchee areas and
>they both get frequent dust storms. The worst I had was in college I
>left the window open in my dorm room on the fourth floor at the far
>western side of campus, the dust blew in through the Walla Walla
>valley coming from the west and I had a half inch coating in my room
>in about a half hour's time.
>
>During the dry months (all 10 of them) cars would be coated in dust in
>a few days and an air filter wouldn't make it through the summer, all
>that was assuming there wasn't a bad dust storm. Now that I think
>about it Spokane does have more trees and isn't quite as dry.
>
>As far as excuses go, if you want to do it then do it. Flush the
>engine good and be ready to replace gaskets that have gone bad, and
>call it good.
>
>On May 25, 2009, at 6:41 PM, Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Dust storms? We have 'em from time to time, but being in Spokane in a
>> valley we only see occasional ones. Out on the plains though we
>> definitely do.
>>
>> On a car I just put synthetic into, I tend to change it early. I
>> suppose I could buy some of the Amsoil flushing agent before the swap,
>> I suppose. If there's sludge in there I'd rather get it out than let
>> it accumulate...
>>
>> I guess I'm looking for an excuse to do it... I've been using
>> synthetic so long in all my cars that it seems like abuse to me not
>> to, like on my Minivan that I've given up on due to the Blonde Car
>> Destructor and the Mini Interior Destroyer Squad, aka the wife and
>> kids. ;)
>>
>> MattB
>>
>> P.S., any hints on how to remove melted orange crayon from Neon seats?
>> :(
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 25 May 2009 20:04:00 -0400, dustinewilliams@gmail.com (Dustin
>> Williams) wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> In the archives you can see my thoughts of using synthetic oil in
>>> extreme abusive situations (2 stroke engine on a yamaha banshee
>>> riding
>>> hard on sand dunes), it can be the difference between rebuilding an
>>> engine every two years or every twenty. Of couse the only way you
>>> Dakota will see that level of abuse is if you run it at the drag
>>> strip. Probably not worth it for a daily driver, also in a engine
>>> that
>>> old would you want the dirt And sludge in there for 5000 miles
>>> especially with the dust storms in Eastern Washington?
>>>
>>> On May 24, 2009, at 9:07 PM, "Brian" <hskr@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I remember paying $18 for a jug. Can't say I've seen any
>>>> "sales" on
>>>> Mobil1 at Walmart in the last few years though. A lot of parts
>>>> stores run
>>>> specials for 5qts of Mobil1 and a Mobil1 filter for $30 all the time
>>>> which
>>>> is actually a good deal considering the Mobil1 filter normally runs
>>>> $10-$12
>>>> by itself. And that includes the extended performance oil for the
>>>> same
>>>> price which is usually $1 a qt more expensive than the non-extended
>>>> performance stuff.
>>>>
>>>> brian cropp
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>>>> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
>>>> jon@dakota-truck.net
>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:57 PM
>>>> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>>>> Subject: Re: DML: 134k - To Synthetic or not to synthetic?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Brian" <hskr@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I see Walmart has recently "rolled back" the price on Mobil1 to $22
>>>>> for a
>>>>> 5qt jug vs the $24 it was prior to that.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Wheee! Two whole dollars? They used to have better sales than
>>>> that! :-) The stuff I've got sitting on the shelf was either $15
>>>> or
>>>> $17, IIRC. So, looks like the deal I got is still a good one. I
>>>> was
>>>> worried for a sec there that my motor oil investment wasn't staying
>>>> ahead of inflation. :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> -Jon-
>>>>
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