<VV> Oil again

[Roger Gault]

Well, gee.  I must be ancient.  I remember pumping oil out of a 55 gallon
drum into a sort of pitcher looking metal can with a flexible metal spout
coming out the bottom.  You turned the crank all the way CCW, and then all
the way CW, and like magic, you had one quart in the pitcher.

;-)
  Roger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tony.underwood at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Oil again


>
>
> > In a message dated 8/26/2008 10:24:43 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> > dfamily at fairpoint.net writes:
> >
> > Well,  today I found some Quaker State 10W-40 at the local Autozone that
is
> > marked SL  in the donut (not energy conserving)  It is just marked API
Service
> > SL  and nothing else.  Is this OK to use?  I don't want to drain it out
if it
> > is the wrong stuff, as I have done before.  Dennis  Dorogi
>
> It's worth mentioning that ANY respectable brand name oil available today
is going to be much better than what Corvairs grew up with in the beginning
and up through the end in '69.    In the early '70s, API service SD was
regarded as the "good stuff" and fine for even the most demanding engines.
Then came SE, which was supposed to have been "space age" quality.
>
> Those are a far cry from today's SL (although not necessarily SM) oils.
>
> Just about anything you buy today is a breath of fresh air for a Corvair
compared to what a lot of 'Vairs were subjected to Back When, in the '60s.
>
>
> ...anybody remember the "bulk motor oil" you used to be able to buy for
dirt cheap, no labels, in glass bottles at some gas stations?  ...usually
kept in a rack with those metal pop-on pouring spouts?    I'd be wary of
running that stuff in a lawn mower but I'd see people buying it up and
pouring it into modern (then) cars and not worrying about it.
>
>
> tony..
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