Re: [DML] Re: DeLo's In Year 'Round Use

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try 5w50 for the cold weather.

Mark V


On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 11:35  PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:

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> That is a good point Mark, I need to check to see if my fans are 
> coming on
> all the time or maybe to early.
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> .....and yet, the "which oil should I use?" question persists.
> According to this months DMCH Catalog AKA "Delorean's Magazine" (at 
> $8.95
> per issue)
> suggests that 20/50 be used in tempatures over 14 degrees.
> I am Texas ya'll, it don't get that cold here in Dallas that often.
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> I'll just have to deal with it.
> - VB
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>> From: DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [DML] Re: DeLo's In Year 'Round Use
>> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:51:47 -0600
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>> Well if it is getting cold where it is almost freezing you should not
>> be using 20/50. Putting a switch on your fans will do nothing for
>> helping your car warm up faster, your car has to be hot first before
>> the fans turn on.
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>> Mark V
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>> On Wednesday, December 1, 2004, at 07:09  PM, Videobob Moseley wrote:
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>>> Living in Texas, it is easy to use the car year round.
>>> However, warming it up takes for ever.
>>> I am considering putting an on/off switch on my fans to help warm it 
>>> up
>>> quicker.
>>> It was really cold this morning, almost freezing...
>>> Yesterday I changed my oil and put in Castroil GTX 20/50, and a 
>>> bottle
>>> of
>>> Lucus.
>>> This morning when I tried to start the car, the engine that normally
>>> pops on
>>> in one turn
>>> spun round and round and wouldn't start.
>>> I let it sit for a second and then let it spin some more and it 
>>> slowly
>>> putterd on.
>>> It was fine after that, but that is the first time I have seen it do
>>> that.
>>>
>>> I drive my car all year round but have learned to avoid wet days.
>>> Since I have about 7 vehicles to choose from I might as well spare 
>>> it.
>>>
>>> After my experience on wet roads with this car, I would avoid icy
>>> situations
>>> at all costs.
>>> So I suppose that if I lived in a snowy area I would just garage the
>>> car for
>>> a few months.
>>> Drive some other kind of dissposable car in the winter, like a Vette.
>>> ;P
>>>
>>> - Videobob
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