Dick J,
I hate to tell you but your are from the era before most oils were detergent>
he he he chuckle chuckle
>
> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2002/09/19 Thu PM 03:53:58 EDT
> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: MOTOR OIL QUESTION
>
> The other day somebody mentioned engine deposits and "paraffin-based" motor
>oils. I think Quaker State and Pennzoil were mentioned specifically. Can
>somebody give some simple info on the differences between paraffin-based oils
>and the good old oil produced here in Texas. When I was in high school I had
>a summer job as a yard boy at a local junk yard. When business was slow, I
>spent time pulling motors apart and shelf stocking parts. I always thought
>that the motors with sludge in them were the result of poor owner maintenance,
>but now it appears that some of them may have been properly maintained, and
>that the sludge build-up was because they used paraffin-based oil? I use
>Mobil-One Synthetic in the racecar, but just this year switched from Castrol
>to Pennzoil in my car and truck. Bad move?
> Dick J In East Texas
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