62 Chevy II AF/X

[squirrel]

No. I sent in 4 ounces. The two quarts make up means I added two quarts between the time I changed the oil, and when I took the sample.

[Criscobath]

Am I reading that right? You sent 2 quarts in for testing?

[squirrel]

yeah, but it's still running. I went for a drive tonight to see how the 3.50 gears work. I think I can live with it. close to 3 grand at 75, cruises nice at 65-70.

[Deaf Bob]

Ah. Shouldn't matter too much.. Of course... Best if none was in the motor..

[squirrel]

the rotor hit the case, all that stuff is aluminum.

[Deaf Bob]

From what part? Steel or aluminum?
Motor will likely survive on aluminum than it will steel..
Of course we are into different things.

[squirrel]

I just take it all to the recycle place at the county dump. The glitter in the intake was from the blower, it was pretty obvious

[Deaf Bob]

Too bad you didn't put a magnet to the glittery stuff to see if it was steel or aluminum..
So you are very well into acceptable limits on everything.
Oil might be good for another use now? Like lubing mower wheels?

[TheSilverBuick]

ooof.

[squirrel]

I guess it's probably normal wear. I wonder if blower shavings got into the oil somehow? there was neat glittery stuff in the intake when the blower locked up.

[TheSilverBuick]

I was just wondering about this. I don't have much to comment, except thanks for sharing it!

[DanStokes]

Ain't real data a great thing? We sometimes sent oil out from EPA (Ethyl did ours - they had an active lab in Detroit back then) but I haven't had any of my personal stuff done. Probably ought to, especially Mutt's Mercedes as it's kind of an unknown commodity.

Dan

[squirrel]

good idea...


a.so the oil report came in

[CTX-SLPR]

I've had good luck with spray copper sticking things when using cork gaskets, rubber leaked baddly on my Buick V6 too.

[squirrel]

They probably sealed ok most of the time with the old cork gaskets they used. They had silver paint on the gaskets, to help them seal.