XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: ron@null.invalid   
      
   On May 01, 2023, rbowman wrote   
   (in article):   
      
   >> For example, you can buy "diesel" engine oil, which is GREAT in terms of   
   >> wear protection, but it will kill your cat.   
   >   
   > otoh, on a bike where the engine oil also fills the gear box, Rotella is   
   > just the thing.   
      
   Like anything, you need to know what it is that you're buying.   
   Many people, unfortunately, buy only based on advertising.   
   Or worse, they buy the expensive product thinking price equates to quality.   
      
   I get my motor oil in the five liter jugs at Costco on sale usually.   
   Or Walmart. Or anywhere. All that matters is the API & SAE designations.   
      
   And the API designations, for my weather conditions, don't matter all that   
   much, so it's only the API approvals, and those are almost always the same.   
      
   Same with my two strokes, although someone recently told me I shouldn't be   
   using marine specified two-stroke oil - but I can't yet figure out why.   
      
   That's a case where I really do not know what it is that I am buying.   
   Do you know better?   
      
   Ron, the humblest guy in town.   
      
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