From: Jason Frisch (jenjas@cox.net)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 20:16:56 PST
Well said
Jason
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From: "Julian Burke" <julian@knology.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] OIL QUESTION FOR AN M35A2
> This oil thing like many other subjects always comes up ever so
often
> and it is discussed in great detail but the same question always comes up
> and is persistent!! Soap box time here:
>
> Here it is: The gov't doesn't always use "name" brands of oils. They
> buy in train car loads and as always, the lowest price available with
> limited certain specs. That's the way it is and the way it will always
be.
> Your vehicle most likely ran on the cheapest oil available and it still
runs
> fine. Today, like many other products oil shares the same technology as
> most, comes from the same places and even running the cheapest oil you can
> find, will do no harm to your vehicle. I do however stay away from
> domestic brands such as Quaker State as it does have a high parafin
content
> and will leave parafin residues in engines but the engine will still run
> fine and you will never ever tell the difference in performance.
>
> For diesels you will always run 10-40W and NEVER straight weights
such
> as 30 or 40W. You run (first choice) Rotella, Chevron and Castrol. You
can
> run these 10-40W weights in ALL vehicles ALL year around-PERIOD. If you
> want to spend more money you may want to run synthetics in colder
climates.
> This is ALL you need to know about oils!!!
>
> I have never seen any engine fail with cheap oils except in the case
of
> not changing your oil or just plain mechanical failure of the oiling
system.
> You folks who worry about what oil to use in your jeeps or larger rigs
> really have nothing to worry about at all and seem to be in fear of known
> name brand oils. Straight weights have their uses but if you stick to a
> 10W40 of the aforementioned brands, you will never have an engine failure
> due to oil. To me, worrying about what oil to use in a four cylinder jeep
> has all of the warmth and charm of an unflushed toilet. The gov't used
> everything in them and they all still run fine!! The multiweights are
great
> and you want the engine to oil properly esp in colder climates. For the
> most part, what brand to use is negligible.
>
> The "finest" oils used as little as 20 years ago would not even
compete
> with todays cheap oils. How about the oils of 50-60 years ago?? What
> benefits did they all have and yet the engines still survived nicely.
Back
> then oil filters were rather poor and were an option and these cars still
> ran fine without the filter. I was in a dealership of exotic cars one day
> and just hearing of what the owner was saying to the ticket writer was
> absolutely just sickening to me as to what oil he wanted and how he wanted
> it done. What a LOAD of ignorance/snobbery he was, *and* his $200 oil
> change that did absolutely nothing more than what 5 quarts of Quaker State
> would do. I just want to say, "Get a Life" but some (this was some pansy
> doctor who thought he knew everything and trying to show off in front of
the
> writer) think the more they spend, the better the product. Sams
Wholesale
> sells name brands in quanity and they are ALL just fine FOR ALL
> APPLICATIONS!
>
> So to the fellow who wants to know what oil to use in his duece, use
> 10-40W preferably Rotella/Chevron and that's ALL you need to know!!!
>
> Your MV nut, Julian Burke
>
>
>
>
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