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Feeling nostalgic on the holiday. The thread about soot in the exhaust pipe reminded me of this and I wanted to ask the experts. When I was in high school, my dad bought a brand new baby blue 1963 Triumph Spitfire - and I shared running costs and custody. [What a great old ride - the most fun a boy could have with 63 horsepower!] Anyway, our local mechanic told us that the coating in the tailpipe should be a light beige or gray color if the Solex was adjusted properly, but a couple of times a year, he insisted we should put a quart of 10-weight motor oil in the tank on top of a full tank of gas. I guess like "top oil" only a huge dose. I think we did it once (half a quart) but my dad didn't like the black soot in the tailpipe and decided the guy was nuts. Didn't actually produce much oil smoke, if any, IIRC. Anyway, was that mechanic loony or was there something to it?
/Geoff
Then:
63 Spitfire
60 Beetle (no gas gauge, 36bhp)
67 Beetle (sister wrecked it)
68 Datsun 510
70 Triumph TR6 (first army paycheck, first payment)
74 Opel Sportwagon (got married, first wife wanted a wagon)
76 Opel by Isuzu (first wife wrecked it)
72 Chevy Impala (to tow U-Hauls, divorce, long story))
76 AMC Hornet Wagon (by re-marriage - 3 on the tree!)
79 Mazda 323 RHD (in Hong Kong 82-83)
82 Saab 900
86 Toyota Corona RHD (in Hong Kong 85-90)
87 Saab 900S (RIP - car destroyed, famliy fine)
88 Saab 900S
86 Acura Integra (for sons)
92 Honda Civic RHD (in Hong Kong 95-99)
94 Saab 900S RHD (Hong Kong)
Now:
96 Saab 900SET (for me)
93 Volvo 850GLT (for sale)
95 Saturn SL2 (for son)
02 Saab 9-5 Linear (for wife)
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