Date:         Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:51:11 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
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From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
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>From: Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@aol.com>
>
><<And I'm a little afraid of using quad tip plugs because I'm
>  wondering that they would be hotter which wouldn't be so good for the
>heads.>>
>
>The quad tip plug does not go into the head as far as the triple tip.  I
>had
>the triple tip in my T4 engine and the head temps were hotter than the
>single
>tip platinum (300-350).  I put in the quad tip plug and the head temp
>dropped
>(225-275).

Where exactly are you measuring the temp - where are placing the sensor...
and what the temperature with just standard bosch plugs???


>  <<And as far as synthetic trans fluid -- first off I had a post that said
>they
>  didn't see an improvement in mpg (though maybe there is an improvement in
>  mechanical life) and second (I have an automatic) how would you put
>  synthetic in when you can't even drain the transmission fully ... you
>would
>  still have nonsynthetic in there...>>
>
>
>It is OK for the fluids to mix, at the next fluid change, there will be
>less
>old oil in the mix.
>
>Robert

So to be explicit: you can mix synthetic and nonsynthetic transmission
oils.... is that right?.. (When I used Mobil Synthetic Oil in a different
car: a trans am, I remember they wanted you to clean out the nonsynthetic
from the engine before you started using the synthetic...)

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