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Re: type of oil to use DJRoy #1201660 01/27/2017 2:44 AM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Jarvisburg, NC, USA tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon
tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Jarvisburg, NC, USA	Accumulation as described by Carl, enhanced by infrequent oil changes of non-detergent oil. And, as I think Carl alluded-to, not running your engine for at least 30 minutes after the engine warms up (in other words, short trips). Tim 1954Advance-Design.com 1954 3106 Carryall Suburban 1954 3104 5-window pickup w/Hydra-Matic The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.

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type of oil to use	DJRoy	01/26/2017 10:37 AM
Re: type of oil to use	KEVINSKI	01/26/2017 12:32 PM
Re: type of oil to use	Tiny	01/26/2017 2:22 PM
Re: type of oil to use	32vld	01/26/2017 2:27 PM
Re: type of oil to use	dgrinnan	01/26/2017 2:30 PM
Re: type of oil to use	Norcal Dave	01/26/2017 2:37 PM
Re: type of oil to use	Tiny	01/26/2017 5:24 PM
Re: type of oil to use	Hotrod Lincoln	01/26/2017 5:32 PM
Re: type of oil to use	Joe H	01/26/2017 5:36 PM
Re: type of oil to use	BC59	01/26/2017 7:46 PM
Re: type of oil to use	JW51	01/26/2017 9:54 PM
Re: type of oil to use	tclederman	01/26/2017 10:19 PM
Re: type of oil to use	JW51	01/26/2017 10:57 PM
Re: type of oil to use	52Carl	01/27/2017 1:12 AM
Re: type of oil to use	tclederman	01/27/2017 2:44 AM
Re: type of oil to use	52Carl	01/28/2017 1:28 AM
Re: type of oil to use	Volfandt	01/27/2017 4:27 AM
Re: type of oil to use	tclederman	01/28/2017 1:51 AM
Re: type of oil to use	52Carl	01/29/2017 2:33 AM
Re: type of oil to use	KEVINSKI	01/28/2017 2:08 AM
Re: type of oil to use	JW51	01/28/2017 2:25 AM
Re: type of oil to use	brokenhead	01/28/2017 4:05 AM
Re: type of oil to use	Joe H	01/28/2017 4:28 AM
Re: type of oil to use	JW51	01/28/2017 1:15 PM
Re: type of oil to use	Tiny	01/28/2017 2:12 PM
Re: type of oil to use	52Carl	01/29/2017 2:28 AM
Re: type of oil to use	JW51	01/29/2017 3:10 AM
Re: type of oil to use	52vff	01/29/2017 6:04 AM
Re: type of oil to use	fixit1958	01/29/2017 6:44 AM
Re: type of oil to use	fraso	01/31/2017 3:31 AM

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