XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 5/1/2023 5:08 PM, RonTheGuy wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Because they are designed for water cooled engines that never get as hot   
   as air cooled ones, I expect.   
      
   >   
   > 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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