Mineral Oil alternative

[Brett Dikeman]

At 3:36 PM -0700 7/1/03, Digitalorg wrote:

>And recommendations from
>Shell T 32 6792
>....$30.00 for 5 gallons
>Mobil DTE-13M
>  Ford tractor's Hydraulic Oil.
>Could someone please give me a final recommendation ?
>I got this from a lister.
>
>=============
>If you use anything but the correct fluid or mix anything with it, in about
>two
>months you may also need in addition to a rebuilt pump, a new/rebuilt rack,
>a few hoses, and, a brake booster.

Ah, that sounds like Tom Chudinzski('EPIFORM').

Fact is- I, alone with a number of other listers, are happily using
DTE-13M.  I've been doing it for 2 years or so in my 200q20v-
Cobram's been using it in a fleet of 4-5 cars for many years.

Beware that DTE-13M has a lower hot temp limit and a higher cold pump
limit compared to synthetic pentosin, which is far superior(it has a
cold pump temp that's WELL below zero degrees F etc.)  DTE-13M is NOT
equivalent, and if you live where it gets more than 10 degrees below
freezing or over 90 degrees F, you're probably best off sticking with
synthetic pentosin.

By the way, could you please stop sending attachments with your
emails?  You also seem to have about a dozen extraneous email headers
for some reason.  Excerpt:

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anyone else, for that matter...

Brett
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