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Re: Engine Unusally Quiest during first 500 miles after oil change

To: gkaufman@ftp.com (Glenn Kaufman)
Subject: Re: Engine Unusally Quiest during first 500 miles after oil change
From: es61@prism.gatech.edu (Eric Schumacher)
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 16:46:57 -0500 (EST)
Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net (Quattro)
In-Reply-To: <9602272122.AA26432@MAILSERV-I.FTP.COM> from "Glenn Kaufman" at Nov 22, 95 04:14:33 am
Sender: quattro-owner@coimbra.ans.net

Glenn,

I read an interesting article in the Society of Automotive Engineer's
quartely journal yesterday.  It relates the breakdown of oil additives
after time, use, temperature, etc.  Very likely related.  

I will post a few details from the article tomorrow.

Eric Schumacher
> 
> I've noticed a peculiar phenomena after getting recent oil changes. 
I've > been using the Valvoline combo of synthetic and dino oil for the
last 1.5-2 > years.  During the first 500 miles after changing the oil,
the engine is > unusually quiet.  The engine has 85K miles and I change
the oil every > 3000-4000 miles. > > Can anyone explain why this is
happening?  Thx.  > > glenn > '86 Coupe GT
> 
>

References:
- Engine Unusally Quiest during first 500 miles after oil change
  - From: Glenn Kaufman <gkaufman@ftp.com>

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