The type specified by the vehicle manufacturer in your owner's manual. For most
passenger car and light truck gasoline engines today, it's any oil that
meets the American Petroleum Institutes "SH" rating.
As for the viscosity of oil to use, most new engines today require a
multiviscosity 5W-30 o
to tell if your battery is good or bad, turn it on and if nothing happens and
everything is dead then you have a dead battery, most likely. and sometimes it
can just be a loose cable.
Ray Boyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The
condition of the cell plates inside the
Dear List Members:
I started using Mobile One, back in the sixties when I owned a high
performance vehicle, and I had no problems with the oil. I had some problems
with valve clatter, but that was the result of buying unleaded fuel which did
not have the octane needed for the high compress
Hi Lee,
I have been using Mobile 1 since 1979 and swear by it. I first started using
the product after talking to my boss. He had a VW bug and used Mobile 1. He
told me the story that he about 38,000 miles and had taken it in for
inspection. The shop forman asked him when was the last time that
I've been using Amsoil for a couple of years now and I only change the
oil once a year and the filter twice a year. The claim you can leave
the oil in for up to 25,000 miles. My wife doesn't put more than
12,000 miles on the Jeep and so far we have not had absolutely any
issues. Matter of f
never heard of this, and I have never had an alternator die because of the
test.
I don't understand how disconnecting the battery will put an increased load
on the alternator. maybe if it thinks the battery is dead it increases the
voltage? but that don't sound right either, alternators put out 1
My neighbor just showed me a trick for lowering the water level
quickly. Like every above ground pool we have the long handled vaccum
and ours has 33 feet of hose. so we just lifted the vaccum end out of
the pool and moved it away from the pool, then put the end of the hose
with the big
Would you use some of these newer artificial oils in your generator,
lawn tractor ? Most of the prices seem very high per quart , but is it
worth it? thanks Lee
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Short people get rained on last.
Robert,
There are a couple of ways that I use depending on the
motor, the distributor and what I am after as an outcome.
I am bottling beer this morning and when I am done I will
put together some basic instructions for you.
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From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
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Michael,
If it wasn't bad before it will be after you remove a
battery cable with the engine running.
What happens is that the altrinater sees that as a humongous
load on the system and attempts to compensate for it just
prior to destroying itself.
This is a procedure that should never be perfor
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