[V8] FW: Mobil DTE 13 M

[Ed Kellock]

Hey!  I'm only half a freak.  I do use Pentosin coolant.  ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Coleman, David
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:29 AM
> To: Kneale Brownson; Tony and Lillie; Dave Saad; V8 Audi Fans
> Subject: Re: [V8] FW: Mobil DTE 13 M
> 
> 
> Egad -- Am I the only freak here who uses Pentosin and 
> nothing but?  For both hydraulic (11S) and coolant systems?
> 
> :-)
> 
> -davec
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Kneale Brownson
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:39 PM
> To: Tony and Lillie; Dave Saad; V8 Audi Fans
> Subject: Re: [V8] FW: Mobil DTE 13 M
> 
> I think if you lived in Alaska or Death Valley, you might 
> want the full temperature range provided by Pentosin.  The 
> others are almost as big a range, but not quite.
> 
> Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:  I'm no 
> purist, that's for sure. I've run a 50//50 mix of ATF/Motor oil in 
> min just to get home. I was in Vegas, living in Oklahoma. 
> went through about 
> 40-50 quarts to get home. Yea, it was smoking ;-) That was 
> the cheap stuff, 
> BTW, no synthetic there. I rebuilt the pump (an "X" cap was 
> leaking bad), 
> had all the hoses done at spokane hose, and flushed the 
> system and filled 
> with DTE-13M. Rack has never leaked, and I put about 60K on 
> the car after 
> that.
> 
> Now, I did a rack on a customer's Jetta the other day. 02 VR6 
> with 55K on 
> it. Only Pentosin in the car since new. It leaked pretty 
> badly, enough that 
> they would loose all assist after two days if they didn't 
> keep adding to the 
> car. So, just how good is that Pentosin, anyhow?
> 
> Not that I'm saying a substitute is better, I think they both have 
> positives/negatives. But, I certainly couldn't justify 
> spending $60 to flush 
> and fill my system on that car (V8) when I had two 5000's 
> also that needed 
> it, and I could do them all for $35. Call me cheap, but I 
> just can't do it. 
> And, the results (still) speak for themselves.
> 
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