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Re: GM Engine Oil Supplement (GM EOS)

To: "Randy Hicks" <Healey100M@gmail.com>, "David Nock"
Subject: Re: GM Engine Oil Supplement (GM EOS)
From: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 18:10:31 -0400
In you BJ8?  Guess it doesn't affect the OD?


> [Original Message]
> From: Randy Hicks <Healey100M@gmail.com>
> To: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: 62bt7 <62bt7@prodigy.net>; Frakes, Jim <jimf@frakes-eng.com>;
BobHaskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/21/2007 4:34:35 PM
> Subject: Re: GM Engine Oil Supplement (GM EOS)
>
> David, from the Redline web site, they show the MT 90 as 15W-40 wt.  
> engine oil. I've been running the MT 90 in 2 cars for about 2 years  
> and the results are smother shifting and less noise. I haven't  
> noticed it as being to heavy at all. Just the opposite. ???????
>
> What is the downside?
>
> I hope we aren't getting into another engine oil debate with no  
> conclusion.
>
> Randy
>
> Randy Hicks
> '56 100M
> '62 BN7 MkII
> '65 BJ8
> '53 MGTD
> Healey100M@gmail.com
>
> On May 21, 2007, at 3:47 PM, David Nock wrote:
>
> > The gearbox and overdrive call for 30 wt oil. The MTL is a 75W/80 wt
> > GL4 gear oil that has a SAE viscosity of 10/ 30 wt engine oils.
> >
> > The MT 90 is a 75W90 wt GL4 gear oil and the viscosity is that of a
> > 90wt gear oil which is to heavy for the Healey gearbox.
> >
> > We have been using this in the transmissions for  about a year  with
> > not problems.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David Nock
> > British Car Specialists
> > Stockton Ca 95205
> > 209-948-8767




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