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Article #321Re: Availability of 10w40 Mobil1
From: ems
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1985 22:53
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1985 22:53
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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.
And I think it is because Mobil doesn't want the expense of starting
up another product line. But regardless of cause; *My manual says
to use 10w40*. I *WANT* 10w40. Not something someone thinks is
close enough. Can I get it by mixing the other weights?
--
E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems
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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 amdahl.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Availability of 10w40 Mobil1 Message-ID: <2414@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 17:53:15 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.2414 Posted: Fri Dec 20 17:53:15 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Dec-85 01:32:23 EST References: <1344@ihuxm.UUCP> <2a9f2ecf.46b9@apollo.uucp> <2398@amdahl.UUCP> <64@ttidcc.UUCP> Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, Ca Lines: 18