Billy Ray

I'm using a synthetic blend right now. A local place was dropping Phillips
66 products over the summer and I asked "How much if I take ALL the 10w-30?"
I got the last three and one half cases of Trop-Artic 10w-30 for $1/qt.

"Earle Horton" <nurse-nospam-busters@msn.com> wrote in message
news:4374c14b$1_1@alt.athenanews.com...
> When my Jeep was young, I worked for Microsoft, and their stock doubled in
> value two or three times a year, I put this stuff in it. Now I don't
> bother. Gear oil is another story.
>
> Earle
>
> "Billy Ray" <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote in message
> news:ab8e3$4374b845$4831b233$27547@FUSE.NET...
>> Mobile 1 Synthetic 10w-30 is $5.19/qt at NAPA
>>
>> "noneyabusiness" <me@you.com> wrote in message
>> news:n9b9n1te0260u85mug6v5kustmdkr5rahd@4ax.com...
>> > On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:48:51 -0500, "Billy Ray"
>> > <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>Where do you live? The reason I ask is that the name brand synthetics
>> >>sell
>> >>for $4-$5 a quart here in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and as little as $3
>> >>when
>> >>on sale.
>> >>
>> >
>> > So. Calif.
>> > And I might have been generalizing a bit on the price of synthetics as
>> > I really only saw the Mobile One and something else at around $8 or
>> > so, so I ASSumed most others would be about that as well :/
>> >
>> >>
>> >>When I was in the auto-parts store last time to get filters for the WJ
>> >>I
>> >>noticed that they carried paper filters that look to replace the K&N
> cone
>> >>'oiled" type. I guess the filter companies want to play both sides of
> the
>> >>street.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Fram also makes the "Air Hawg". It's a clone of the K&N.
>> > Someone else makes one now too, but the name escapes me ATM.
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> >>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm going to discuss it with my mechanic when I get a chance, but
>> >>> since most synthetics *seem* to be around $10 a qt., I'll probably
>> >>> flip a coin to decide which brand if I go with a synthetic (the local
>> >>> parts store person also swears by synthetics).
>> >>>
>> >>>>As for K&N (& clones) filters you will find that people either swear
> by
>> >>>>them
>> >>>>or swear at them, no one who uses them is indifferent.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>You should be aware that K&N make more power by lowering the
> resistance
>> >>>>in
>> >>>>the air intake just like the advertisements claim. What they don't
> tell
>> >>>>you
>> >>>>is they have lower resistance because they only filter the very large
>> >>>>particles, all the fine ones (that get trapped by a paper filter) go
>> >>>>right
>> >>>>through. I am sure someone will supply links to pix of K&N protected
>> >>>>engines.....
>> >>>
>> >>> I've used a K&N air filter in my old Toyota pickup for most of the 15
>> >>> years I drove it, and AFAIK it never caused any problems.
>> >>>
>> >>> I already bought one for the Jeep since it was on sale ($10 off).
>> >>>
>> >>> While in the store, I noticed that FRAM is selling an OILED *PAPER*
>> >>> air filter for $12 ! I *almost* bought it.
>> >>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> [snip]
>> >>>
>> >>> ...
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>

noneyabusiness

AH! Perhaps I miscommunicated.
I was referring to GEAR OIL, not engine oil.

Engine oil gets changed often, so normal stuff is OK, but axles and
transfer cases sometimes go a lifetime w/o ever being changed, so I
figure a synthetic might be better.

(Background: This is a 95 Cherokee Sport w/ 297,000 miles that I
bought a week ago and know little of it's service history.)

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:22:28 -0500, "Billy Ray"
<Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:

>Mobile 1 Synthetic 10w-30 is $5.19/qt at NAPA
>
>"noneyabusiness" <me@you.com> wrote in message
>news:n9b9n1te0260u85mug6v5kustmdkr5rahd@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:48:51 -0500, "Billy Ray"
>> <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Where do you live? The reason I ask is that the name brand synthetics
>>>sell
>>>for $4-$5 a quart here in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and as little as $3
>>>when
>>>on sale.
>>>
>>
>> So. Calif.
>> And I might have been generalizing a bit on the price of synthetics as
>> I really only saw the Mobile One and something else at around $8 or
>> so, so I ASSumed most others would be about that as well :/
>>
>>>
[snip]

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noneyabusiness

AH! Perhaps I miscommunicated.
I was referring to GEAR OIL, not engine oil.

Engine oil gets changed often, so normal stuff is OK, but axles and
transfer cases sometimes go a lifetime w/o ever being changed, so I
figure a synthetic might be better.

(Background: This is a 95 Cherokee Sport w/ 297,000 miles that I
bought a week ago and know little of it's service history.)

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:22:28 -0500, "Billy Ray"
<Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:

>Mobile 1 Synthetic 10w-30 is $5.19/qt at NAPA
>
>"noneyabusiness" <me@you.com> wrote in message
>news:n9b9n1te0260u85mug6v5kustmdkr5rahd@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:48:51 -0500, "Billy Ray"
>> <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Where do you live? The reason I ask is that the name brand synthetics
>>>sell
>>>for $4-$5 a quart here in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and as little as $3
>>>when
>>>on sale.
>>>
>>
>> So. Calif.
>> And I might have been generalizing a bit on the price of synthetics as
>> I really only saw the Mobile One and something else at around $8 or
>> so, so I ASSumed most others would be about that as well :/
>>
>>>
[snip]

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noneyabusiness

AH! Perhaps I miscommunicated.
I was referring to GEAR OIL, not engine oil.

Engine oil gets changed often, so normal stuff is OK, but axles and
transfer cases sometimes go a lifetime w/o ever being changed, so I
figure a synthetic might be better.

(Background: This is a 95 Cherokee Sport w/ 297,000 miles that I
bought a week ago and know little of it's service history.)

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:22:28 -0500, "Billy Ray"
<Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:

>Mobile 1 Synthetic 10w-30 is $5.19/qt at NAPA
>
>"noneyabusiness" <me@you.com> wrote in message
>news:n9b9n1te0260u85mug6v5kustmdkr5rahd@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:48:51 -0500, "Billy Ray"
>> <Billy_Ray@SPAMfuse.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Where do you live? The reason I ask is that the name brand synthetics
>>>sell
>>>for $4-$5 a quart here in the Cincinnati, Ohio area and as little as $3
>>>when
>>>on sale.
>>>
>>
>> So. Calif.
>> And I might have been generalizing a bit on the price of synthetics as
>> I really only saw the Mobile One and something else at around $8 or
>> so, so I ASSumed most others would be about that as well :/
>>
>>>
[snip]

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