"Well guys....It had a very high paraffin content. This paraffin had a tendency to build as sludge on the walls, valley and oil pans in motors. This made for a very blackend oil and absolutely greasy conditions inside an engine. I think they have since reformulated and corrected the problem, however the stigma still exists."
"I work in an automotive machine shop, rebuilding engines. We see all brands and sizes of engines. This week we completed a 9 liter intrnational diesel and several snowmobile engines. We do work for almost all of the new car dealers and many of the independants in town. Many of the garages in town are under contract to sell a certain brand of oil. When tearing failed engines apart to be rebuilt, I frequently find huge gobs of waxy buildup in the " " oiled engines. One 350 SBC that I disassembled had so much wax in the pan that oil pump could not suck up liquid oil anymore. That caused a spun #1 rod bearing, the engine quit running and was removed for rebuilding. I am aware that all oil has some wax in it from the ground.....It is very greasy and messy, takes much more effort to clean parts........But, it does assure me of a constant supply of failed engines. I can only go by what I have seen......and I would never put that waxy stuff in one of my engines. I don't get paid to fix my own stuff so I would rather it did not break."
"It completely gummed up the engine on my wifes Topaz. Oil starvation resulted and the engine FRIED! I know what it looked like because the mechanic showed me the engine after he had it apart. And I know the oil was changed regularly because I did it myself. I kept that engine well tuned, there were no internal coolant leaks, the PCV valve functioned fine. The mechanic asked me what oil we used and I told him: " " 5W30. He said that was believable because HE had seen many engines that had done that to. Never again will I use!"
There is no point to this post. I just thought I would have some lighthearted fun with everyone today with some Malarkey.
"I work in an automotive machine shop, rebuilding engines. We see all brands and sizes of engines. This week we completed a 9 liter intrnational diesel and several snowmobile engines. We do work for almost all of the new car dealers and many of the independants in town. Many of the garages in town are under contract to sell a certain brand of oil. When tearing failed engines apart to be rebuilt, I frequently find huge gobs of waxy buildup in the " " oiled engines. One 350 SBC that I disassembled had so much wax in the pan that oil pump could not suck up liquid oil anymore. That caused a spun #1 rod bearing, the engine quit running and was removed for rebuilding. I am aware that all oil has some wax in it from the ground.....It is very greasy and messy, takes much more effort to clean parts........But, it does assure me of a constant supply of failed engines. I can only go by what I have seen......and I would never put that waxy stuff in one of my engines. I don't get paid to fix my own stuff so I would rather it did not break."
"It completely gummed up the engine on my wifes Topaz. Oil starvation resulted and the engine FRIED! I know what it looked like because the mechanic showed me the engine after he had it apart. And I know the oil was changed regularly because I did it myself. I kept that engine well tuned, there were no internal coolant leaks, the PCV valve functioned fine. The mechanic asked me what oil we used and I told him: " " 5W30. He said that was believable because HE had seen many engines that had done that to. Never again will I use!"
There is no point to this post. I just thought I would have some lighthearted fun with everyone today with some Malarkey.
