[Vwdiesel] Re: Blotter testing --- of lube oils ( using printerpaper )

[TexasTDI]

I sell OIL.  Not oil analyzing services.

Common sense should tell you a scientific test is far more accurate, and can
give you much more information, than just reading a drop of oil on a piece
of paper.  And YES I do mean SCIENTIFIC.  Go to these websites if you want
to learn about true scientific oil analysis:

http://www.noria.com

http://www.practicingoilanalysis.com

And if you want to purchase an oil analysis kit, I recommend the following
companies:

http://www.avlube.com

http://www.oilguard.com

But to each his own I guess.  Do what you want to do.  It's your car.  I'm
just trying to add a little common sense perspective to all this voodoo and
tea leaf reading nonsense that has been brought up lately.

Christopher J. Thornton
1991 VW Jetta 2 Door 1.6 Diesel - 241k miles
2000 VW Golf 1.9 TDI (turbo diesel) - 94k miles
AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500
http://www.amsoil.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William A. Thompson" <twogreek at hotmail.com>
To: <vwdiesel at www.audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Re: Blotter testing --- of lube oils ( using
printerpaper )


H.Hagar <h_hagar at ...> writes:
> Why --  do we help each other ????
> Be danged if I know ---   but it makes sense.


Yes you do know Hagar... it is for and because of people like me and a few
others who know ... that venerable knowledge often is not recognized until
after
the knowledge is gained ... that some fools go unrecognized ...until they
speak before they think ... and prove the fools that they are ... by
discounting the knowledge being passed on.I know you have persevered against
greater odds before ... and still pressed on.

Have you ever noticed how it seems "old timers" sometimes jealously husband
their knowledge and only pass it on to the appreciating, deserving few?
Perhaps
the cause is often from things like Thorntons' attack and similar flames
from "younger and truly less knowledgeable pups" ... who take sage advice
out of
context and are to quick to be contentious.
It is interesting to note that Christopher J. Thornton is an "AMSOIL
Synthetic Lubricants Dealer #1098500". I suppose we can't blame him to much
for making the pitch (pitching the fit?) that he did. When corporate
interests are at stake ... it is almost funny ... the things that people
say, believe and bow to in an advertisement ... especially when represented
as "scientific". ... but I digress often enough as it is.

I come to this forum specifically to hear what the "oldskool" hillbillys
have to say. Without their ingenious methods of using their understanding to
"make do" with what is at hand we would never have progressed to the "new
school" ways and technology.

For field use the "blotter test" is a valid eyeball yardstick ... the
military still uses it. For the sake of a quick and dirty evaluation it
suffices for normal everyday use. That is the stuff I want to see ...
methods by which I can use what is at hand ... to do for myself ... before
paying someone else to ... let alone the task of finding competence in a
paid mechanic (or STEALOR(SHIP) who is going to CARE for my car.

To all the old timers ... including you, the venerable Hagar ... you are
appreciated. You have forgotten more than I know ... and I know less than I
need.
Some of us keep quiet for fear of missing something you might say ... some
don't keep quiet and prove their foolishness.
Some of us do value considered observations of the experienced and practiced
mind.
I appreciate your risk of insult and wasting time by trying to teach us.
Besides ... it tickles me to know you enjoy voicing your observations .. and
hearing ours.
Press on Sir ... Press on.

Bill Thompson
Clear Lake, Wa.