Karl I was out @ Willi' AFB & I was the guy in the ObsTower that day that read & recorded the 128 ~ remember it well. Wouldn't be at all surprised that **w-50 might be needed there in the Summer but wouldn't think it would be needed in the cooler months unless the engine was Old&Loose or if you regularly did loaded runs from the valley to the high country. ORR ~ DeanB On 15 Mar , 2013, at 3:31 PM, Karl Wolz wrote: > I live in Phx, and run 20w-50 year -round. Had an OLD 1.9 that > regularly flickered the OP lamp after freeway driving till I > switched to straight weight 60. > > Record high here was 123. Lots of folks recall considerably higher > temps, but most of those are either unofficial or outlying > communities, like Lake Havasu City. > > Karl Wolz > Sent from my electronic umbilicus > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 2:08 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > >> ~ I recall many SummerDays with temps in the Mid120s ~ IIRC 128ºF >> was the highest |
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