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Article #302Re: Availability of 10w40 Mobil1
From: Paul Blumstein
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1985 18:15
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1985 18:15
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In article <2398@amdahl.UUCP> ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) writes:
>My car manual says ~' Use 10W40'. So I want to use 10w40.
>Mobil 1 comes in 5w30 and 15w50. (I think...)
>Could I get 10w40 by mixing equal parts of each?
No need to. The spec sheet for Mobil 1 10w-30 says that it could be used in
applications requiring 10w-40. I believe that is because at the higher
temperatures, it does not thin out as fast as regular oil.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ttidcc.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!linus!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!paulb From: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Availability of 10w40 Mobil1 Message-ID: <64@ttidcc.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 13:15:31 EST Article-I.D.: ttidcc.64 Posted: Wed Dec 18 13:15:31 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Dec-85 04:49:53 EST References: <1344@ihuxm.UUCP> <2a9f2ecf.46b9@apollo.uucp> <2398@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein) Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica Lines: 15