Subject: Re: Eldo..lighter oil during winter
Author: Bill Cohoon
Date: Dec 6, 2002, 3:03 PM
Post ID: 1711530164
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I might give 10-40 a whirl then.. Tom mentioned 15-40.. but as he said,
not really a big difference from 20-50.. which always makes me feel like
I'm shoving molasses when I first start her up... but Jesse.. isn't it
the same effect on start up running straight 20 and 20-50?.
Jesse Open wrote:
| Actually the 10W -40 is fine in the summer. In the winter 5W-20 is a real good choice. I rode my first Ambo year round . My oil of choice in the late 70s was 20W Texaco Havoline Aircraft oil in winter. The results were excellent. It is better to err on the side of too lite rather than too heavy if most of your driving is less than 150 miles from a cold start. Michael Jones wrote:
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I might give 10-40 a whirl then.. Tom mentioned 15-40.. but as he said, not
really a big difference from 20-50.. which always makes me feel like I'm
shoving molasses when I first start her up... but Jesse.. isn't it the same
effect on start up running straight 20 and 20-50?.<br>
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<pre wrap=""> Actually the 10W -40 is fine in the summer. In the winter 5W-20 is a <br>real good choice. I rode my first Ambo year round . My oil of choice in <br>the late 70s was 20W Texaco Havoline Aircraft oil in winter. The results <br>were excellent. It is better to err on the side of too lite rather than <br>too heavy if most of your driving is less than 150 miles from a cold <br>start.<br>Michael Jones wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I run 10w40 in my Ambo in the winter, 20w50 in the<br>summer. I have had 10w40 in it on plenty of warm days<br>without any problems, but one hot day in stop-and-go<br>traffic in Philly the oil light started flickering at<br>idle. That was before I changed the con-rod bearings.<br><br>-Mike, '69 Ambo<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>=====<br>M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University, <br>Philadelphia, PA.<br><br>"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal<br>"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet, by <br>repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual correction." <br>-Lucian Blaga<br><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do you Yahoo!?<br>Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.<br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailplus.yahoo.com">http://mailplus.yahoo.com</a><br><br><br><br></pre>
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