Re: [alfa] Mixing Oil Viscosities

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 06:38:52 EST JimboMGA@domain.elided wrote:

> Hey Alfa Folks,
> I had a strange idea the other morning.
> After having noticed that my oil pressure gauge in both my old GTV6 and the 
> one in my current 164L both read higher when I use a less viscous oil, I was 
> wondering:
> What if a person were to custom mix off the shelf motor oils to get their oil 
> pressure gauge up outta the panic zone?

i've been told by folks who know oil that this procedure wouldn't be terribly
predictable in terms of what apparent viscosity you end up with.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
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