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26 Mar 2008, 12:13 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
news:PKGdnSlO85x1IXTanZ2dnUVZ_ryqnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t... > Piso Mojado wrote: >> "Tegger" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in message >> news:Xns9A6BE1870704Etegger@207.14.116.130... >>> "Piso Mojado" <floormop@bucket> wrote in >>> news:OrOdnfhcXvQal3XanZ2dnUVZ_qGknZ2d@comcast.com: >>> >>>> <suyashsen@gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:4c2a55bb-f569-44b2-b1f1-850127247e4e@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com... >>>>> I have been using 10 W 40 engine oil for my car. I had asked a car >>>>> mechanics for this. I looked up www.hotaccord.org today. One of the >>>>> post there suggests 5W/30 for car engine. I wonder what other accord >>>>> owners using? >>>> The better question is what does the manufacturer recommend? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> Why the hell does that matter? >>> >>> I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered >>> Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. >>> >>> -- >>> Tegger >> >> Uh huh, that'll work too. >> >> One time back during the war-- there we were on extended patrol and we >> had to change the oil in a deuce-and-a-half. >> >> So we killed two water buffalo, rendered the fat out, cut it with 2 >> quarts of officer's urine and blended in a six pack of Bud. Man, that >> baby purred all the way back to the base... > > why not render the officers and use buffalo urine? Actually we had considered that-- but the consensus was it's easier to scare the piss out of an officer than a buff....     
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26 Mar 2008, 08:29 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
On 2008-03-24, suyashsen@gmail.com <suyashsen@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been using 10 W 40 engine oil for my car. I had asked a car > mechanics for this. I looked up www.hotaccord.org today. One of the > post there suggests 5W/30 for car engine. I wonder what other accord > owners using? Use what your manual suggests. They took a fair amount of time writing it, it seems only logical that you give a little time to reading it. I use 5w/20 in mine, as that is what is recommended... -- Joe - Linux User #449481/Ubuntu User #19733 joe at hits - buffalo dot com "Hate is baggage, life is too short to go around pissed off all the time..." - Danny, American History X
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27 Mar 2008, 11:02 am
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Re: Engine Oil
On Mar 24, 10:10*pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote:
> I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered > Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. The oil cap on my Honda says 710. I interpret this to mean I need to use 7W-10 but I an unable to find this weight.
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27 Mar 2008, 05:45 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
z wrote:
> On Mar 24, 10:10 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: >> I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered >> Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. > > > The oil cap on my Honda says 710. I interpret this to mean I need to > use 7W-10 but I an unable to find this weight. They carry it at Walmart. But you have to turn the bottle upside down to find it. Jeff
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27 Mar 2008, 06:46 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
Jeff <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in news:WrVGj.9148$Oj5.3625@trnddc06:
> z wrote: >> On Mar 24, 10:10 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: >>> I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered >>> Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. >> >> >> The oil cap on my Honda says 710. I interpret this to mean I need to >> use 7W-10 but I an unable to find this weight. > > They carry it at Walmart. But you have to turn the bottle upside down to > find it. > > Take the cap off first. That helps. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/
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27 Mar 2008, 07:39 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
Tegger wrote: > Jeff <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in news:WrVGj.9148$Oj5.3625@trnddc06: > > >>z wrote: >> >>>On Mar 24, 10:10 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: >>> >>>>I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered >>>>Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. >>> >>> >>>The oil cap on my Honda says 710. I interpret this to mean I need to >>>use 7W-10 but I an unable to find this weight. >> >>They carry it at Walmart. But you have to turn the bottle upside down to >>find it. >> >> > > > > > Take the cap off first. That helps. > ....and it ain't even psycho Wednesday... JT
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27 Mar 2008, 09:45 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
On Mar 27, 6:45*pm, Jeff <kidsdoc2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> z wrote: > > On Mar 24, 10:10 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: > >> I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered > >> Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. > > > The oil cap on my Honda says 710. I interpret this to mean I need to > > use 7W-10 but I an unable to find this weight. > > They carry it at Walmart. But you have to turn the bottle upside down to > find it. > > Jeff i understand that it's common in Australia.
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27 Mar 2008, 10:11 pm
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Re: Engine Oil
On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:07:17 -0700, suyashsen wrote:
> I have been using 10 W 40 engine oil for my car. I had asked a car > mechanics for this. I looked up www.hotaccord.org today. One of the > post there suggests 5W/30 for car engine. I wonder what other accord > owners using? Doesn't matter. You don't really need oil in the engine. It's just a plot by teh ****in Arabs to sell more oil. Just use water, or beer. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
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29 Mar 2008, 11:16 am
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Re: Engine Oil
"Grumpy AuContraire" <Grumpy@ExtraGrumpyville.com> wrote in message
news:a7XGj.91456$cQ1.89919@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net... > > > Tegger wrote: >> Jeff <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote in >> news:WrVGj.9148$Oj5.3625@trnddc06: >> >> >>>z wrote: >>> >>>>On Mar 24, 10:10 pm, Tegger <teg...@tegger.c0m> wrote: >>>> >>>>>I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil. If I can't get that, I use rendered >>>>>Grizzly Bear fat. They both work just tickety-boo. >>>> >>>> >>>>The oil cap on my Honda says 710. I interpret this to mean I need to >>>>use 7W-10 but I an unable to find this weight. >>> >>>They carry it at Walmart. But you have to turn the bottle upside down to >>>find it. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> Take the cap off first. That helps. >> > > > > ...and it ain't even psycho Wednesday... > > JT Yeah, but now it's Studebaker Saturday! Hooray! 
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