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Subject:Re: Castrol and BP
From:Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Date:Sat, 22 May 2010 12:13:42 -0600

UHOH, here we go on an oil thread again!

If I were to use dino oil again, I would use Kendall GT-1 made by
ConocoPhillips, harder to get but worked great in my higher
performance AC engines & recommended by my engine rebuilder, Art Threan.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-if you weren't going to marry your wife again, who would you
marry?

On May 22, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:

> The oil I have been using in my '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile with
> stock 2.1 waterboxer engine is Castrol 20W - 50, from British
> Petroleum.  Some may find it foolish, but I no longer want to use
> any BP products, just as I have avoided Exxon since the Exxon-Valdez
> catastrophe.  What non-synthetic alternative do knowledgeable list
> members recommend?  Why?
>
> David McNeely

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