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Old 03-18-2004, 10:03 AM
STORMINORMAN STORMINORMAN is offline
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Thumbs up Good ol' SL 10W-30 dino

Worked just great for me on a 5K+ cross country trip last summer. Across mountains, down to Florida, etc.

Averaged in excess of 28 mpg at 65-70 mph average speeds. Sometimes a lot higher.

Chevron Supreme is a very good oil and really cheap, too! Like $.69 per quart when on sale with a rebate.

If I lived where it was hot all the time I would probably gravitate to a HDD 15W-40 (Delo, Pennzoil LongLife, etc.) as the miles added up, say after 150K or so...

These well-built engines should be good for 250, 300K+ with just minimum care.

Cheers!
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