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Re: [oletrucks] Rocker arms & Grinding marbles?

To: "Steven Stuckmeyer" <slstu51@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rocker arms & Grinding marbles?
From: "Donald Simmons" <tasimmons@cbnn.net>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 14:52:30 -0700
Of course it wasn't due to any HotRodding! :-)

Don Simmons


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Stuckmeyer" <slstu51@yahoo.com>
To: "chevytruck" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rocker arms & Grinding marbles?


> On the non-detergent to detergent oil band wagon; my first car I bought
was a 68 Chevelle in 1977 from the origanl owner. The guy said he just had
it serviced and it ran great, no oil burning. After a couple months I got me
some Penzoil 10w-40 like my Dad always used and after that it started
smoking and used a quart of oil every 45 miles. I went and talked to the guy
I got it from and he said he put staight 30-40 wt oil it since the day he
bought it. I ran it that way for about 6-8 months untill I saved enough to
rebuild it. Those were the days!
> Steve
> 51 3100
> St Peters, MO
>
> Bob KNOTTS <raknotts@qwest.net> wrote:
> I think I may have mentioned it before. In 1958 I worked as an aerial
> photographer for an aerial mapping company out of Portland, Oregon, until
I
> went back into the navy (I was home 4 days in 8 months). My pilot told me
> you NEVER want to use detergent oil in an engine which has been running
> non-detergent oil for any length of time. He went thru air force flight
> training, and that's one thing they had pounded into the cadets. I've
always
> used good quality oil (Quaker State, Castrol, etc.), but in 1973 I decided
> to try to stop a small oil leak in my 71 IH Travelall.(Which I bought
new).
> When I got the oil pan off, I found abt two inches of sludge. I used to
> change my oil and filter every 5000 miles . IH, like most other
> manufacturers, said 7000 miles for an oil change. Now every 3000 miles I
> change both the oil and filter. Unless I'm on the freeway a lot, like to
> Oregon, where I just put 3999 miles on my car in 11 days. I use Castrol
> synthetic mix. Not as good as full synthetic, but with frequent oil
changes,
> adequate. I don't think there's ANYTHING you can do that's better for your
> vehicles than to use the right high quality oil, and change it often. If
you
> buy a new car, or have an engine rebuilt, you might want to flush the
engine
> on occasion with a commercial product made just for that purpose. Usually
> you must run the engine in place, without putting a load on the unit. Then
> you drain the flushing product, and put in new oil. Bob K in PHX, AZ.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 11:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rocker arms & Grinding marbles?
>
>
> > Once had an 55 truck that had a lot of sludge in it,, I decided id try
to
> rinse some of the gunk out of it,,, some old mechanic told me to put one
> quart of oil to 4 quarts of diesel and let the engine Idle for 1/2 an
hour,
> Drain and refill with fresh oil, well I did that and I got all kinda gunk
> loose from inside that drained out.. I installed a new filter, refilled
the
> oil,,,, the next day I was driving to work normally and the engine spun a
> bearing,,, Guess what??? the oil strainer was clogged,, the oil gauges was
> reading good, and continued to read good for 5 miutes after I shut it
down,
> the oil passages were stuffed with thick gooey gunk,, Now when ever I feel
I
> need to clean up a really badly gunked up motor I remove the intake or
side
> covers, and the oil pan after I run a rinse in it, scrape out all the bad
> junk with a wire brush and mineral spirts,,, With todays high detergent
oils
> motors usually dont get that bad unless they have been severly neglected
,,
> but eve!
> > ry once in a while I find a nasty one,,
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