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   Message 551 of 2,177   
   Roy Witt to TOM WALKER   
   Value tap / cam noise   
   05 Nov 11 12:54:00   
   
   04 Nov 11 09:53, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:   
      
      
    RW>> TW> Rembember Risolne Engine Treatment? That is what I used to use   
    RW>> in the   
    RW>> TW> old cars I bought. But if it works jsut as good of course ATF   
    RW>> would   
    RW>> TW> be cheaper.   
      
    RW>> I haven't seen any Rislone in a long time.   
      
    TW> Here is a list of places where you might find Resilone, Which by the   
    TW> way is owned apparently by the Bar's Leak peopel.   
      
   Perhaps I should have said I haven't seen any on the shelf in ages,   
   probably because I'm not looking for it.   
      
    TW> O'Reilly Auto Parts             http://www.oreillyauto.com   
      
   I'll look when I visit them next time.   
      
    RW>> TW> I rembember people doing that. Because it is such a lousy   
    RW>> lubricant   
    RW>> TW> and so thin, It is probobly a -30 weight, I did not think it was   
    RW>> a   
    RW>> TW> good idea even if the engine was only run for 20 minutes   
      
    RW>> I think it's thinner than that, maybe a 10 weight. Adding a quart of   
    RW>> 30 weight oil helps, even if it is diluted by the kerosene, it will   
    RW>> lub well enough. In a high compression engine, I wouldn't use this   
    RW>> method unless it was already worn out.   
      
    TW> I was inplying a weight numbeer LESS then Zero for Kerosene.   
    TW> IT is much thinner then 10 weight.   
      
   Specific gravity of 10w oil is less than water, where water is 1 @ 60F,   
   10w oil is .88-.94, diesel fuel is .88-1.08 and kerosene is .78-.82...   
      
   I wasn't that far off...   
      
      
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