[Shotimes] Oil and gas

[Mark Mucher]

Carl,

You sound like my wife <G>

She won't put dirty dishes in the dishwasher - she washes then first!  And
she won't mix dirty clothes and not-so-dirty clothes in the washing machine!

Thanks,

Mark
 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:33 PM
To: Mark Mucher
Cc: 'SHOtimes'
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Oil and gas

The reason I said 87 is that I know several people here use it all the time.
I've tried it on occasion and other than the car feeling a little less power
it does work fine.  So, 89 should be fine as well.

As for the oil, I haven't experimented that much but several people have had
good results.  There's another school of thought that says just changing
your oil every 3K miles works fine and that just about any oil will do the
trick.  I just wanted to see if the additives in MaxLife can slow down some
of the leaking seals.  The 92 looks to be better these days.  I still need
to pull the intake off and take care of those seals and once done, the car
should be good as new.

Here's my thinking on the dishwasher.  The thought of eating off plates that
shared space with car parts just doesn't sound right...
--
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Mark Mucher said:
>  Carl,
>
> Thank for the quick reply!  (I'm still looking for replies on my 
> dishwasher port this morning...)
>
> Is MaxLife better than the others?  (Castrol, for example)
>
> Actually, I was considering 89 octane.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 8:07 PM
> To: Mark Mucher
> Cc: 'SHOtimes'
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Oil and gas
>
> Mark,  I'm running MaxLife in both my SHOs.
>
> You should be okay wth 87 octane as well.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> Mark Mucher said:
>> A couple questions:
>>
>> I've always used Mobil 1 5W-30 in my '89
>>
>> My new '90 has always had Castrol GTX 5W-30
>>
>> I'm thinking of trying one of the new high mileage oils (Max-Life,
>> etc.) in
>> the '90
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Also, does anyone see any problems running mid-grade fuel on a long, 
>> flat interstate highway trip?  I've always used premium before...
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark

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