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Old 10-05-2008, 10:17 AM
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Re: Happyness is a car that...

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Originally Posted by subi-crosser View Post
A couple years ago, a guy showed up at out Labor day run with a pontiac. He ran it for an hour at idle with his oil in it. Then he pulled (4) bolts and dropped the oilpan to the ground and ran it at 'idle' for 5 HOURS!! NO oil!!

There could be something to this 'Synthetic' oil thing!!!

Sorry, Ben!! I SAW it!!
And he could have run 4 hours and 45 had it been non sythetic just like the snake oil Slick 50 boys do. The pressed roller bearings in engines can last for quite some time without oil esp ones that were recently lubed.

Sorry Jerry, reality is engines are made much better today and have a great chance of outliving the rest of the unibody frame around 'em.
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