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   Scott Dorsey to this@address.is.invalid   
   Re: Conventional oil hard to find?   
   27 Mar 21 12:35:39   
   
   XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   In article , mike   wrote:   
   >On 26-03-2021 20:34 Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Because   
   >> if your car was made in 1990 then the oil described in the service manual   
   >> is no longer being manufactured.   
   >   
   >Stop being silly.   
   >It gets better with each designation.   
   >Sometimes it matters. Sometimes it don't.   
      
   Mostly it gets better.  But I notice that you completely removed all of my   
   points about ZDDP.   
      
   The base oil gets better, but the additive package changes in ways that   
   may or may not be an improvement depending on your requirements.   
   --scott   
      
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
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