People = Too picky about oil
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From: Vienna, Georgia
Originally Posted by Zaairman
I think it's easier to change my oil every 3,000 miles than it is to change my engine from runing it 25,000 miles on the same oil 
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Originally Posted by chester8420
What else would you make a radiator out of than aluminum? Cast iron?! Of course they're aluminum!! All of them. And I have several machines that are on their original radiator. If by some chance they get a hole in them, it's usually because of an impact of some kind. I use green antifreeze in a 50-50 blend. If you don't use antifreez it will boil at a lower temp. It freezes in Georgia too. I'm not familiar with the orange antifreeze, so that may be the case with it. Nobody takes better care of their machines than me, but I don't go wild on them. I have over 50 engines on the farm and it would get expensive!
http://www.copper.org/applications/a...x_history.html
Heh, sounds like you have a good case going for you, Chester. Perhaps enough documented evidence to take on a bunch of falsehoods put out by anti-freeze manufacters, automakers and even the government since they surley would want to reduce the amount of toxic waste that gets dumped in this country. Maybe a call to 60 minutes is in order to break this thing wide open!
Last edited by temp1; Mar 9, 2006 at 10:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by Zaairman
I think it's easier to change my oil every 3,000 miles than it is to change my engine from runing it 25,000 miles on the same oil
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Originally Posted by temp1
Copper and brass were used 100% until the 1970's.
http://www.copper.org/applications/a...x_history.html
Heh, sounds like you have a good case going for you, Chester. Perhaps enough documented evidence to take on a bunch of falsehoods put out by anti-freeze manufacters, automakers and even the government since they surley would want to reduce the amount of toxic waste that gets dumped in this country. Maybe a call to 60 minutes is in order to break this thing wide open!
http://www.copper.org/applications/a...x_history.html
Heh, sounds like you have a good case going for you, Chester. Perhaps enough documented evidence to take on a bunch of falsehoods put out by anti-freeze manufacters, automakers and even the government since they surley would want to reduce the amount of toxic waste that gets dumped in this country. Maybe a call to 60 minutes is in order to break this thing wide open!
Do what you wish, I was just saying that probably nobody here keeps a truck more than 10-15 years, and in that time period, you won't have to worry about your radiator rotting out. So there's no need to change the antifreeze, unless you just want to.
Last edited by chester8420; Mar 9, 2006 at 10:31 PM.
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Originally Posted by temp1
Don't tell anybody that I forgot to change my wifes oil on her car and she actually went 30,000 miles on the Amsoil. (with an oil filter change and topoff at 12,500).
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Originally Posted by chester8420
I have heard of people that never change the oil in their semi trucks. They just keep adding more when it gets low. That may be a bit extreme though.
http://www.lubeoilsales.com/Mack%20T...0%20miles.html
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Originally Posted by temp1
I guess there is always exceptions though.
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Originally Posted by chester8420
I'm sorry, but I was talking about industrial and farm equipment. Not vehicles. And they all have aluminum radiators.
Do what you wish, I was just saying that probably nobody here keeps a truck more than 10-15 years, and in that time period, you won't have to worry about your radiator rotting out. So there's no need to change the antifreeze, unless you just want to.
Do what you wish, I was just saying that probably nobody here keeps a truck more than 10-15 years, and in that time period, you won't have to worry about your radiator rotting out. So there's no need to change the antifreeze, unless you just want to.
Yah right, I would like to see a forty year old tractor with an aluminum radiator.