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Old 10th April 2011 | 20:12
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What oil does it take? We got around a lot of 'cold soak' issues on the 747 classic by changing the oil from Mobil jet 2 to Castrol 325. The lower viscosity allowed the APU to spin up faster. (Don't think 325 is still available so we use Shell 390 on the 744)
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