1995 corolla--need maintenance tips

"---MIKE---" <twinmountain@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Mike Hunter wrote:
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>My brother in law lives outside of
> Portland, Maine, and his tank is outside >the house. I've never heard[/color]
him mention[color=blue]
> any problems with fuel delivery.[/color]

An outside tank in Maine would likely have kerosene added to the oil to
keep it from congealing.


---MIKE---[color=blue][color=green]
>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')[/color][/color]


Interesting that you mention kerosene. He had switched to a kerosene-fired
monitor system for a while, with a console-TV-sized heater on each floor.
He didn't like the system because the heat didn't circulate through the
house well so some rooms were stifling hot and some were cold, kind of like
heating the house with a wood stove. When he remodeled the house, he
switched back to an oil furnace. I don't know if he used the same tank that
had the kerosene for the heating oil or not. I don't think he adds kerosene
to the heating oil unless the oil company does it before delivering.
Portland, ME gets cold but nothing like the White Mountains!
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Ray O
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WHAT? I do not have a brother in law lives outside of Portland, Maine,
unless you considered Tennessee, Georgia and Florida 'outside.' Beside
they have NG heating systems LOL


mike hunter


"---MIKE---" <twinmountain@webtv.net> wrote in message
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Mike Hunter wrote:
[color=blue]
>My brother in law lives outside of
> Portland, Maine, and his tank is outside >the house. I've never heard[/color]
him mention[color=blue]
> any problems with fuel delivery.[/color]

An outside tank in Maine would likely have kerosene added to the oil to
keep it from congealing.


---MIKE---[color=blue][color=green]
>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
>> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')[/color][/color]

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:fiqdnQd0OpAtZ7bZUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=blue]
> WHAT? I do not have a brother in law lives outside of Portland, Maine,
> unless you considered Tennessee, Georgia and Florida 'outside.' Beside
> they have NG heating systems LOL
>
>
> mike hunter
>[/color]

Having lived with coal, electric, oil, and natural gas heat, I think I'll
stick to natural gas where available!


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Ray O
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If we leave it up to the environuts NG will continue to be is short supply
as well. ;)

mike hunt


"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcomn> wrote in message
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>
> "Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
> news:fiqdnQd0OpAtZ7bZUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=green]
>> WHAT? I do not have a brother in law lives outside of Portland, Maine,
>> unless you considered Tennessee, Georgia and Florida 'outside.' Beside
>> they have NG heating systems LOL
>>
>>
>> mike hunter
>>[/color]
>
> Having lived with coal, electric, oil, and natural gas heat, I think I'll
> stick to natural gas where available!
>
>
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
>[/color]

"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:_5WcnYMrfIU5trHZUSdV9g@ptd.net...[color=blue]
> If we leave it up to the environuts NG will continue to be is short supply
> as well. ;)
>
> mike hunt
>[/color]

Amen to that! If we leave it up to the environuts, people would also be in
short supply!
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Ray O
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Hey RAy, This story strikes no fear in me....It's just one case of a
guy who used a product the wrong way...OVERUSE...stupidity....and we
can't base our research on that, now, can we Ray...I never said I would
use Heet every week...llike a joker would. Once every few months.
You can eat too much good food and injure your body, too, Ray, so it
wasn't the Heet, it was the joker using it every week.

"slatt333" <slatt333@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1144086323.980526.28810@t31g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> Hey RAy, This story strikes no fear in me....It's just one case of a
> guy who used a product the wrong way...OVERUSE...stupidity....and we
> can't base our research on that, now, can we Ray...I never said I would
> use Heet every week...llike a joker would. Once every few months.
> You can eat too much good food and injure your body, too, Ray, so it
> wasn't the Heet, it was the joker using it every week.
>[/color]

Yes, the problems we saw were with cars that had Heet added every week, we
also saw some problems with cars that had Heet added once a month. My guess
is that using Heet once every few months won't hurt the car but I can't say
for sure because I have never had the need for or used any fuel additives.

I am familiar with Toyota's recommendations regarding the use of fuel and
oil additives, which is to avoid their use. On the other side is the folks
who make fuel additives, who say that they cure all manner of problems,
improve performance, and improve fuel economy. You can believe the folks
who engineered and built the cars or you can believe the folks who are
trying to sell you fuel additives. IMO, the folks at Toyota are more
knowledgeable about Toyotas than the folks who make Heet so in the case of
differing recommendations, I'll go with Toyota's.
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Ray O
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