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Re: More Dirty Engine Flushing

To: gwebb@northeastern.k12.in.us, cloughbt@batman.flight.wpafb.af.mil
Subject: Re: More Dirty Engine Flushing
From: DANMAS <DANMAS@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 15:00:05 EST
Cc: stu.jo@ibm.net, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: AOL (http://www.aol.com)
In a message dated 97-11-06 14:47:59 EST, gwebb@northeastern.k12.in.us writes:

> The detergent dissolves the deposits slowly enough and will keep them in
>  suspension long enough that if you change the oil fairly frequently, you 
> should
>  not experience any problems.

Back in the mid '50s, no less an authority than the renowned Tom McCahill said
that changing from a non-detergent oil to a detergent oil can have disastrous
effects on an engine. Of course, oil has changed a lot since then, so maybe it
is no longer a problem?

Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN

'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
                    http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

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