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Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402
Towed this morning, they're on it  
I'm having them prime everything, brake fluid, tune up. The old man rebuilt the carb. on this, and set me up with the divorce choke. Man I hope the engine is what it was or happier, I only replaced oil pump, timing chain/gears and balancer. In hindsight I'd have had the engine block rebuilt. Seemed an easy call at the time, 40K oil always clear & full.
I put 5/30 Mobil 1 in there. It's only seen one change of that, before I put her to sleep. My ears tell me it liked Valvoline semi-synthetic better but you can't get that anymore. Purred like a kitten with 20-50. I hear 5/30 Mobil 1 is the (*^(*. Then again I spoke to and old Mopar guy, he said synthetic is (*^)*^ alright, burned up his engine. |
hi Tony.i just sent you an email about Valvoline Synthetic Blend and a picture of some here at my place along with my 2 cents worth on the motor oil situation.you will,as i said,have this thing purring in no time.
take care
Greg