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Re: oil change

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Subject: Re: oil change
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:04:55 -0700
In this vein, what is the List wisdom on RedLine products?

Have their syn manual transmission oil in the gearbox and their syn diff oil
in the diff of my Austin-Healey ... so far, they've worked well.


bs
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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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> 
> Kai wrote:
> 
> > I will put this as bluntly as possible, most Amsoil products are garbage.
> > This is based purely on my opinion of their deceptive marking campaigns,
> > incomplete test results,  tests of their own design which really do not
> > replicate any lubrication situation in your engine, and deceptively
> stating
> > their SAE ratings (such that a product appears to meet SAE SL or SJ
> > standards when it actually does not).
> 
> Amsoil _IS_ really good at "flim-flam" promotion . .
> 
> My personal favorite current flim-flamer  is "PB BLASTER", a penetrating
> oil.  It's primary claim to fame is that it will eat a hole in a foam cup!!!
> Just why this should be impressive to a buyer is baffling.    I guess we are
> supposed to think it is "penetrating" the cup rather than merely eating the
> plastic.  If this was a test of anything, lacquer-thinner, lighter fluid or
> gasoline will eat foam even faster that "PB Blaster!"






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