Date:         Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:53:51 -0500
Reply-To:     Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
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From:         Doug Alcock <dgalcock@HEWITT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Winter oil questions...
Comments: To: arbosch@ra.rockwell.com
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>I like the idea of 10W40, but I wonder if that too isn't too thick.  You
>know as well as I that the temps around this lake can get pretty darn cold
>(Calgary notwithstanding...).  Do you use a synthetic or straight dino
>juice?
>
>Alan
>& Phred
>Opposite shore of that big*ss body of water - one terminus of the
>Toronto/Rochester fast ferry (maybe...)

Hey Alan,

     I use dino oil and change it often. I've got a leaky engine/tranny seal
so I have to keep topping it up --- which I ain't gonna do at $5 a litre (that's
nigh on a quart incidentally) --- so the dino/synth debate is moot as far as I'm
concerned.
I've found it thin enough that I can start the engine at -30 celsius (-22
fahrenheit) and I feel
better with the 40w when the engine is hot --- my poor old Westy likes thick
oil.......

Doug