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To: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
Subject: Re: oil
From: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:30:32 -0500
Mike Lishego wrote:

> At the same time, I've found that by using 5w-30 in my S-10, my gas mileage
> goes
> _down_, as opposed to going up a few points by using 10w-40.  Anyone care to
> venture a guess?

Heavier weight oil improves traction. Loading of front suspension lessens the
wind signature. Higher oil pressures pushes back on gas pedal.

Elementary.
--
Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
"Too bad ignorance isn't painful."


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