--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400017 Date: 06/26/96 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 05:49pm \/To: LORI HARVEY (Read 5 times) Subj: Oil additives You where writing to David Levasseur; > Wow, premium in the Ames, IA area is $1.299/gal. I buy the ethanol > blend so I only pay $1.199. Slick 50 teflon is not the way to go, try > mobil one for synthetic oil, and then you only have to change the filter Up here, the blend fuel comes at the same price. Their advertising on the radio said, "We offer you the enhanced fuel at no extra cost" !!! Enhanced eh? No extra cost eh? Bloody theives. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Floating Decimal: One which bobs up unexpectedly in a Sea of Confusion. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMAP55A] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-660-8981/6908 * Email * 2GB * (1:2401/0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400018 Date: 06/30/96 From: LORI HARVEY Time: 12:19am \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Oil additives That is strange. I had a lean burn on my '78 magnum. I used ethanol on it also. My gas mileage also improved. I did have to replace the fule (fuel) pump once and the fuel filter a few times until my gas tank was cleaned out sufficiently so the gunk wouldn't clog up my lines or the fuel filter. I have been surprised as the response to "Ethanol" being bad for cars and gas mileage. Have you tried modifying the carburator jets or adjusting the fuel feeding rate? You might want to check your fuel. You might be running "Gas-a-hol" rather than Ethanol. My husband put ethanol in his '66 Plymouth Valiant and increased the mileage. Gas-a-hol is 10% alcohol and 90% gas. That will decrease your mileage and eat your fuel system for lunch. --- MsgToss 2.0c (r) * Origin: The Proteus BBS - V.34+\8CDS\OS2v3 - 1.515.432.1965 (1:290/118) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400019 Date: 06/30/96 From: LORI HARVEY Time: 11:49pm \/To: KEN THOMPSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Oil additives Do you know how to talk in english? I didn't take Chem in High school. But you are right on one thing, ethanol reduces pinging and knocks. Diesel, is a dirty fuel. I drove a diesel car for a week. Never again, I got a headache from the fumes within the car, and had problems starting in cold weather (35 or below). I know what I get. I can't help it if people don't get the same results as I do. I guess each car is different. --- MsgToss 2.0c (r) * Origin: The Proteus BBS - V.34+\8CDS\OS2v3 - 1.515.432.1965 (1:290/118) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400020 Date: 07/01/96 From: BARRY PROCTOR Time: 12:33am \/To: LORI HARVEY (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Old mopars The rule also applies at our house as well,I owned a bronco for about a year and it spun a main bearing, that will never happen again! I presently own a 73 cuda & a 73 challenger, my daily driver is 95 neon.The cuda is in pretty good shape the challenger on the other hand is bad off both are small block cars.I hope to go to the MOPAR NATIONALS in cayuga on july 7th, I try to make it to all the local events I can. --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #24 * Origin: * BITS Of Knowledge BBS London Ont. Canada (1:2401/400.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400021 Date: 07/01/96 From: BARRY PROCTOR Time: 12:44am \/To: MIKE VANDELINDER (Read 5 times) Subj: OLD MOPARS Anything at all.I've been playin with the two I have for ten to twelve years off & on.Where I live now I have no garage & no room to bring them home,so get my fix at the local events,but it's hard on a person watching all the time.I have a cuda & a challenger both are 340 cars. The cuda will survive but i don't think the challenger will make it the frame is bad off and thats over my head. ttyl --- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #24 * Origin: * BITS Of Knowledge BBS London Ont. Canada (1:2401/400.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400022 Date: 06/29/96 From: MIKE HILL Time: 09:13am \/To: I.J.BARTINO (Read 5 times) Subj: Changing the oil On <27 Jun, 20:57>, I.J.Bartino wrote to Wes Leatherock : I> i still feel safer changing the oil every 3K miles, because hell.. i only I> drive 5000 a year! the poor car goes 10miles to school and back, and a I> weekend cruise every once in a while, and that's it... people say that I> you're I> supposed to also change the oil every 90 days(?!?) that seems like a big I> frikking waste of oil to me..... unless you drive 5000miles in 90 days ... Well, I can tell you that I fall in the middle range. Instead of the 3K or 7.5K, I settled on 5K. If you watch your odometer, you can immdeiately tell when it's time for the next one. I base it on the even numbers just for this reason. Wanna know about my ride, and about my driving? I am a traveling serviceman, going all over the eastern USA. My last 5 cars have all been Nissan Maxima's, and I have put an average of 250,000 miles on each of them. The first and ost long lived was an '88 wagon, with it holding the record at 435,000 miles. My current one will soon be getting a valve job, and wil hopefully last another 100,000 miles. I guess I average about 60,000 road miles per year, and that s all the atlantic coast states, with occasional deep south states thrown in or measure. The only places I visit west of the Mississippi river, are Arkansas and Texas. I always change both oil and filter, I use whichever major filter that is on sale, but I stick with one brand of oil - Castrol 10w50! The only compromize would be if I knew I would be in the colder states a lot, then I would back off to 10w40. For my severe driving, the hot weather, and ometimes changing every other week, the 50 weight is not too much. You know what else? Despite loading my car with electronic gear, enough work jeans for 2 weeks at a time, sometimes as much as 200 lbs of mechanical ools, and often an extra computer to sell, I average between 27-31 miles per allon. This is running at 70-80 mph interstate speeds, running the air conditioner, having the cruise set, and listening to George Strait on the stereo. - Pedit Ver 2.6 God will not open the door to wisdom to the one who keeps his Bible shut. --- Have a good day. * Origin: The GOOD News BBS, Chattanooga TN, 423-698-0407 (1:362/112) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400023 Date: 06/29/96 From: BILL BOOGAART Time: 11:17pm \/To: DON DELLMANN (Read 5 times) Subj: Oil additives Hi Don, 28 Jun 96 21:39, Don Dellmann wrote to Lori Harvey: LH>> it." My husband is going to put it on his Plymouth stock car. My LH>> Plymouth Reliant gets 4 - 5 mpg more when I put Ethanol in it. If DD> And in my '83 Chrysler with a 318 "Lean Burn" V-8, ethanol DROPS the DD> highway milage from 18 to 12mpg. (not to mention how it eats fuel mps, And the owner's manual for my '85 Chrysler Laser warns that using ethanol will void the warranty. Granted, the warranty ran out years ago, but I'm still not going to use the stuff. They had good reason for publishing that warning. Bill Fidonet: 1:134/14 Internet: bboogaar@agt.net Homepage: http://www.agt.net/public/bboogaar/flathead.htm --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: Northern Exposure - Calgary CANADA -=- V.FC (1:134/14) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400024 Date: 06/30/96 From: JOHN BERNARD Time: 10:44am \/To: GIL MILONE (Read 5 times) Subj: FORSALE -> I would love to buy it, where are you located, so I could come look -> at it. I need another 122 witha solid body, most of mine are rotted -> out, how is yours? gqsmooth@mindport.net Gil milone Sorry man, The financial situation changed so i decided to keep the car. the body is in wicked shape however , couple of dents but solid as hell all the way around. JB --- QScan/PCB v1.17b / 01-0313 * Origin: Encode Online Orillia,Ont.705-327-7629 (1:252/305) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400025 Date: 06/29/96 From: JIM BROWN Time: 02:38am \/To: KEN THOMPSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Life Kit for 75-79 GM X B > JB> Have you tried some of the mail order outfits? > JB> National Spring Co. > JB> "Since 1947" > JB> 1402 No. Magnolia Dr. > JB> El Cajon, CA. 92020 > JB> (619) 441-1901 > JB> I haven't used them personaly, But I have heard good > JB> things about them. > This is exactly what I an looking for. Thanks. No problem, Glad to help. Jim ... Ford 427 SOHC...nuclear power from internal combustion. --- FMail 0.96 * Origin: Terminal Velocity, Box Elder, SD (1:293/643.357) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 155 OLD CARS Ref: DB400026 Date: 06/30/96 From: ALEXANDER BILAN Time: 11:55am \/To: LORI HARVEY (Read 5 times) Subj: Oil additives You where writing to Ken Thompson; > My trip meter doesn't lie. Ethanol burns cleaner, even in the winter > time when it's 20 below 0, it stills gets better gas mileage than > straight gas. I'll give you another hint.....Chrysler products run > better on Ethanol, if you go to their seminars, they'll tell you that > Ehtanol is a better fuel for cars. It burns cleaner and the engines > last longer, you have to change the fuel filter less often, and you have Everyone will have different experiences with ethanol; Depending on their own engine/vehicle combination. A friend of mine boasts increased gas mileage from the stuff (A bone Stock 86 Caprice with a 305). My truck gets much worse mileage with the blended fuels, at _least_ a 5mpg drop, its got a modified 350 and has a heavy foot on the go pedal most of the time. And when you average 12mpg, a 5mpg drop is rather noticable. My parents car, an inline 6, stock parts, but ignition advanced to the point of knocking also suffered a _slight_ drop in gas mileage with the stuff. Note the fact that it is slight, I would imagine if I set things back to "normal" fuel mileage would be the same or better. My own theories on this stuff; if you drive a factory spec car moderately you will see a gain. If you've got a modified vehicle, or drive with any hint of a leadfoot, your mileage will suffer. Now, that is not to say you can get around that, but until the time comes that all fuel is a blend, my vehicle gets its optimum tuning for raw gasoline, a blended fuel in an engine optimized for gasoline is going to suffer, and thats the problem most of us get into here. We don't drive bone stock vehicles for the most part, and raw gasoline is more abundant than the blends for the time being. As for the cleaning effect, no argument. It does clean, which is why when it is first introduced people get scads of fuel system problems. Simply cause the blended fuels are cleaning out all the accumulated gunk. You might end up changing fuel filters less often, but not until your fuel system has been scrubbed over time with the blended fuel. Until that point, you will be going through fuel filters like mad. And of course, YMMV. =) LeadFoot. | AmiQWK 2.7 - S/N 0261 | ... Life begins at 5000 rpm. --- OLMS 2.60p.a1+ [EPMAP55A] * Origin: Multiboard * 519-660-8981/6908 * Email * 2GB * (1:2401/0)