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3Q Jay »
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Fri Jul 19, 2019 7:43 am
Hi Keith, nice to hear from you, I had tried emailing you a few months ago (hotmail address) with a question about the tandem pump....I eventually resolved those.
Anyway, you bring up an interesting point on the detergent vs solvent qualities of synth (group III base stocks I presume) oils. I've seen other VH45DEs wtih purple hard varnish all over, so I wasn't overly concerned with the soft varnish (as an aside, I could easily remove the varnish with a blue paper towel and easy hand pressure from smooth surfaces).
I think it was jamesmost a few years ago spun a rod bearing using heavy solvents in the oil (of course he beat the piss out of his engine too)....so I'm not likely to go the MMO route. What do you think about lubegard red (synthetic LXE whale oil) mixed with engine oil? I believe LG red is good at breaking down solvent (we used it in the multivalve).
Actually speaking of actives, I will start a companion thread on active fluid, for which the Nissan factory product is now obsolete.