RE: [DML] 15W40 oil brand

["Scott Mueller" <scott.a.mueller@xxxx>]

When you buy a name brand motor oil, Chevron, Pennzoil, ect, you are buying
the additive package.

In college, we ran experiments with various oils that all had the same
SAE/API minimum specifications.

The house brand/generic low cost oils would loose there lubricating
properties sooner than the major brand oils.

Do not go cheap on your motor oil. Use a name brand petroleum based oil and
change the oil and filter frequently. The Technical reference guide states
that you should use API Service SF, above 10F, 20w/40 or 20w/50 and below
10F, use 10w/50.

Scott Mueller
002981
RNDOLA


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott McMullan [mailto:mcmullan@xxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 9:52 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] 15W40 oil brand



I was looking through a local Pep Boys store the other day, and had a
difficult time locating 15W40 oil. As it turns out, they only seem to carry
one brand of that weight, and only in gallons. I've never heard of this oil
brand (began with an R, forget the full name). The package had a yellow
shell on it, so I wonder if maybe the oil is actually produced by Shell Oil,
and distributed under a strange name?

While I know there are many conflicting ideas about what kind of oil to use
in the PRV, I was wondering if anyone had a strong opinion one way or
another about using an oddball oil brand, as opposed to the better known
ones.

I had no trouble finding the GTLMA fluid for my clutch, which was nice to
see.