[Shotimes] STP from now on.....

[Ron Porter]

George, STP is only a viscosity modifier. Why not just get 20w-50 oil and
forget the STP? The overall effect will be the same, and the cost should be
the same or less.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of George Fourchy
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:37 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] STP from now on.....


Well....I guess it's just a sign of aging......

Lowrider is due for another oil change, but I have to go another work week
before I
have a chance to do it.  So yesterday, I replaced the quart it used over
this last
3K miles, and added a pint of STP again.  I had used it prior to the rod
bearing
change, and I still hear no rods, but there sure is a LOT of other rattling
when it
starts cold.  Those timing chain tensioners are just getting TOO noisy in
the
mornings.  From now on, it will run 10-30 Valvoline and a pint of STP in the
winter,
and 10-40 and a pint in the summer.   For convention trips crossing the
country in a
couple of days, it will get synthetic, but still with STP.

If I could get it to not rev to 2000 at light off, that would definitely be
better,
but it insists on doing that.

I put the pint in at work last night while it was warm, and drove it home to
mix it
up.  This morning, cold soaked, it started and sounded like a totally
different car.
 To me that's the Kings English....it's saying to me.... "OK...with this
many miles,
I need better oil retention up top....YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!"

STP gives me that, so it'll get it from now on.  By the case, I get a
discount from
my NAPA store.

YYMV...   I'm satisfied, with 256,250 and climbing by 700 a week.

George
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