That's why I put it in the gas instead of in the sump. You can't mix
Castrol R and regular or synthetic oils in any quantity.
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From: elliottd
To: WEmery7451@aol.com; Bill Babcock; lang@isis.mit.edu;
fot@autox.team.net
Sent: 4/4/2003 7:17 AM
Subject: Castrol R
I would think that a major part of it would get past the rings,
otherwise
there would be none of that unforgetful smell. When there would be no
smell
left, then we could assume that it had all burned past the rings.
Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A, Montreal
----- Original Message -----
From: <WEmery7451@aol.com>
To: <BillB@bnj.com>; <lang@isis.mit.edu>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: Shock Question
> In a message dated 4/3/03 11:16:38 AM Pacific Standard Time,
BillB@bnj.com
> writes:
>
> << I put about a capful into my motorcycle gas tanks every so often
just
so I
> can smell it--always reminds
> me of racing in the sixties. >>
>
> A lot of people use to put a cup full of it in their car gas tank, so
that
> they could smell it. I have always heard that if it is mixed with
mineral
> oil, things would gum up. As a result, I would wonder how much of
this
oil
> might be leaking past their piston rings.
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