From: Marc Strangfeld (curlyjoe98@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 01:32:01 PST
Tony
Use a good 15W40 and you can't go wrong. Those
manuals were written a long time ago.
In regards to your oil level being a quart or two low
at times. I check the oil in my duece 1-2 minutes
after shutdown. This allows me to check it before the
oil from the oil filter canisters drain into the pan
but yet enough time for oil elsewhere to collect in
the pan. The dipstick may even have this stamped in
it, I can't remember. I believe the main thing is to
be consistant. I remember chasing the oil level on my
engine around before getting in the habit of checking
it as mentioned above. More than likely you really
need to add that quart or two but it is something to
keep in mind.
Good luck
Marc
--- Jason Frisch <jenjas@cox.net> wrote:
> Well said
>
> Jason
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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