Re: [ihc] Oil for AMC 258

[william cunningham <slypigs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,
You know enough, the synthetic juice works better than dino at negative
temps, I'm just not ready to pour $$ into a motor I know nothing about.

Willy

John Hofstetter wrote:

> At 11:22 PM -0500 12/2/03, Howard R Pletcher wrote:
> >I'd think whatever you use in your SSII--probably 5W-30.  I had a 6-232
> >and always used my usual 10W-30 in that.
> >
> >Howard
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 13:29:05 -0700 "William Cunningham"
> ><slypigs@domain.elided> writes:
> >>  What weight oil should I use in the AMC 258? Temps here are running
> >>  50
> >>  to -10 could go as low as -40 in the next 2 months.
> >>
> >>  Newbie to the AMC stuff.
> >>
> >>  Willy
>
> I was going to suggest to Willy that he use 5W-30 Mobil 1 oil, but
> then I asked myself what I knew about 40 degrees below zero?
>
> The answer came easily.
>
> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!  So for a change, I kept my opinion to myself.
>
> John
>
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