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Any benefit to using 'high mileage' oil in an old tractor?
Comments (8)jptgs1, I've recently been in touch with the folks at Valvoline about their high mileage oil "Max-Life" 10w-30 synthetic blends, albeit for a different reason than yours. Paraphrased, here's what they said: "Max-Life synthetic blends are formulated for higher mileage (or higher hour) machines, and contain additives targeted at reducing further wear and at conditioning older seals to reduce or eliminate leaks. They also contain elements intended to eliminate sludge build-up". Responding to my specific question, they added that Max-Life products are perfectly fine for use in newer and low time equipment, and extend those benefits to them as well. Take this for what it's worth, for marketing spiel is part of the equation, too. Personally, I've been using Valvoline DuraBlend 10w-30 in several machines, and am quite pleased with its performance. The Max-Life products, I think, are relatively new to the market...I first saw them on shelves this past winter. Cordially offered, Hal...See MoreGas mileage solution for you garden tractor
Comments (52)Hey Don.... thanks for the compliment!: "..you have one hell of a way to play with words..." I practice a lot.... you're right - social equality or at least working towards social equality is important... however, it has been demonstrated in the past, and even currently in some countries, that "forced social equality" or socialism does not work... an economy can not support it. Why?.. because there are not enough "rich" people to give to all the "poor"... if you take all the money and distribute it to everyone, then everyone will still be poor... just a little less poor, but still in the "poor" bracket.... so what's the answer?... Canada thinks it has it (as do several other european countries), but the reality is that our health-care sucks: I just heard today that the average treatment wait time in Ontario is 16 weeks.... 4 months!... I could be dead by then!... so could my kid!... sure, fast response of private systems is much better but not affordable for all.... the answer is somewhere in the middle I guess.... not sure if it is practically possible tough... I agree with you with respect to children.... as far as I am concerned, there should be zero reservations with respect to providing care etc. for children, senior, and disabled citizens - reason being that they can not provide for themselves.... But welfare is much more than providing for those that can't provide for themselves... it's for people who don't want to provide for themselves.... this issue gets even more silly when you think about the fact that Canada has a very robust welfare system, and yet there are homeless people on the street!... how can that be?... all they have to do is walk into a welfare office, and they will get a free place to stay, and a small pay-cheque (for food, beer, and booze)... free!... so why would these people live on the street?... because they choose to do so.... similarly then, there are those who choose to live on welfare, yet they are fully capable of getting a job and working... I have no time for those folks..... system abuse is what it's called. so job creation by government grants is good in principle, but it too gets abused... you can't win... but if I had to choose between welfare abuse, and job-creation abuse, I choose the latter... because at least some people will benefit from having a job... and society benfits from the "value added" activity & products that the work force creates.... as for the 6% of ethanol supplied by corn?... of course... who could eat that much corn on the cob?... no-one grows it, because no-one wants it... another economics concept is "supply & demand"... just create the demand, and very quickly the supply base will provide it.... it's quite trivial... and if you think there are not enough farms to grow corn to provide all the supply, then maybe some third-world country in africa can provide the land - industry will provide the irrigation systems and the corn-seeds (all driven by "demand"), and all of a sudden we fix 2 problems for the price of one!...See Morehigh mileage oil and leaking crank seal.
Comments (8)In Volkwagens, which have high miles, we use common chemicals bought at any auto parts store which causes---or attempts to cause---seals to swell slightly... TransX works great in automatic transmissions. Lucas additives are excellent products. All have a chemical compound which tries to soften the seals then make them swell slightly to seal the leak. A small amount of oil additives geared towards older engines would and will not hurt that motor. Clean oil not deluded by gasoline, maybe even 20/50 with some oil additives might buy you some time. If the seal can be removed and replaced without taking the engine apart you might consider it a winter project....See Morefix or replace? 22 yr old low mileage volvo
Comments (10)They think that the car is mechanically sound so I suppose we could spend the rest of our saved money on new tires, brakes, hoses, belts etc. But we would still have a car with less side view mirrors than most, no airbags, large amounts of rust, cracked dash, and plastic pieces that keep falling off(glove box door, side pockets, etc,etc) (my experience has been that kids don't take care of old cars expecially if they want a newer one). What would you do? I'd stick with it, especially if your son is going to continue "learning" how to drive on this car. You can buy third-party replacement mirrors that provide a bigger view. Airbags? Not that big a deal. They have their drawbacks (work only once per crash, can injure smaller passengers, some people have reactions to the inflation gas, they're expensive to fix); frankly, you are better off wearing a three-point belt properly (the main reason we have airbags at all is that numbers of people refused to buckle up). The rust, the broken pieces, ... well, the car won't last forever, but for a runner, it's no big deal. $5,000 isn't going to put you in a great car anyway, especially once you start adding up additional excise tax/registration fees and insurance costs....See Morepanzees36
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