WARNING AGAINST MIXING OF OILS
ONE BRAND AT A TIME IN ENGINE SUMP It is most unwise to fill the engine sump with a certain brand of oil and then, when “topping up” becomes necessary, to put in a quart or so of oil of a different brand, even if the two brands have an equally good reputation. It is recognized quite generally by oil experts that the mixing of two different brands will result, within a day or two, in emulsification, a.chemical reaction of the one brand upon the other which seriously impairs the lubricating efficiency of both. When circumstances arise where the contents of the sump must be brought .to the proper level by using a different brand, as when in a small country town on tour whose garage does not sell the oil which happens to be in the sump, it is quite permissible to refill with the different oil, but the sump should be drained within a day or two and refilled with fresh oil.
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Southland Times, Issue 23438, 19 February 1938, Page 18
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169WARNING AGAINST MIXING OF OILS Southland Times, Issue 23438, 19 February 1938, Page 18
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