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Article #283Re: Oils, Syn & Petro
From: Dimetry Struve
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 16:32
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 16:32
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I recently bought a Kawasaki 550 motorcycle that had 29000 miles of using petroleum-based oil, which is considered a fair amount for a 10000 rpm air-cooled engine. I switched to Redline synthetic oil. After several weekends of club road-racing and 2000 miles of street use there has been no apparent oil consumption. When I switched oils, I mereley drained and replaced - no flushing. After owning a Vega, I learned that oil is cheap compared to engine work, and even at $5 per quart I feel more comfortable with the supposedly superior protection.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site calma.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!calma!struve From: struve@calma.UUCP (Dimetry Struve) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Oils, Syn & Petro Message-ID: <102@calma.UUCP> Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 11:32:20 EST Article-I.D.: calma.102 Posted: Mon Dec 16 11:32:20 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 18-Dec-85 04:50:09 EST References: <1548@vax3.fluke.UUCP> Reply-To: struve@calma.UUCP (Dimitry Struve) Organization: GE/Calma Co., R&D Systems Engineering, Milpitas, CA Lines: 8