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From: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Availability of 10w40 Mobil1
Message-ID: <64@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 13:15:31 EST
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.64
Posted: Wed Dec 18 13:15:31 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Dec-85 04:49:53 EST
References: <1344@ihuxm.UUCP> <2a9f2ecf.46b9@apollo.uucp> <2398@amdahl.UUCP>
Reply-To: paulb@ttidcc.UUCP (Paul Blumstein)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <2398@amdahl.UUCP> ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) writes:
>My car manual says ~' Use 10W40'.  So I want to use 10w40.
>Mobil 1 comes in 5w30 and 15w50.  (I think...)
>Could I get 10w40 by mixing equal parts of each?

No need to. The spec sheet for Mobil 1 10w-30 says that it could be used in
applications requiring 10w-40.  I believe that is because at the higher
temperatures, it does not thin out as fast as regular oil.
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