Miata Mailing List: November 1995, Message #175
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   From: john.scudder@kandy.com (JOHN SCUDDER)
Subject: Re: OIL: Doc Wynne
   Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 22:33:04 -0500

Doc Wynne writes:


DW>  You may note that most of those quick lube places will do a change 
  > with customer-supplied products...I had a Quaker State lube shop change 
  > oil/filter/tranny/differential with a Fram filter and Mobil-1 for 
  > around $40. I think the total on all the synthetics (I bought 6 qts. 
  > oil and 4 qts. gear lube) was around $93...and I had a qt. of oil and a 
  > qt. of gear lube left over for "topping up"). In the local Valvoline 
  > shop it ran $40 for the oil/filter, $40 for the tranny, and $30 for the 
  > rear end. YMMV.


 I found out something interesting about Fram Filters (which I used
 many times on my 68 Firebirds)... that being... for the Miata,
 they do not have a CHECK VALVE as the Stock Oil Filters and
 the Purleator's do.  Just info for your use.  The Dealer: Carlsbad,
 stated that prolonged use of a non-check valve filter can produce
 pinging.  He stated that once a car came in.. pinging.. and.. when
 they put the new oil filter on.. it went away.  (I am sure the new
 oil change probably worked to help too eh?).

John and his newly named Miata.. Snowflake... 95 White/Tan
   From Sunny California... in the City of Oceanside..
                john.scudder@kandy.com

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