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Re: [Healeys] old oil for an old car?

To: Roland Wilhelmy <rwil@sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] old oil for an old car?
From: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:05:18 +0100
Do not use old oil. Although it may have been sealed I would not use it 
in a good engine. It may be allright but the chance is that it has gone 
off and oxidized/deteriorated over the years. If you use good old fresh 
20W50, that will be good enough. If worried use a ZDDP aditive, however 
I never use(d) it.
Use the oil in your small oiling can for small jobs if you want to be 
frugal.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL



Op 8-11-2011 2:12, Roland Wilhelmy schreef:
> My father in law never threw anything away, even if he had stopped
> using it.  After his death I found two full cases of cans (not
> bottles) of SE-CC rated 30 weight Penzoil.  I am hoping that it is
> chock full of ZDDP and all the stuff that made our old engines run
> right.  More specifically I am hoping that it would be a good oil to
> use in a newly rebuilt engine in our BN1 when it gets installed and
> fired up next spring.
>
> Does anybody know for sure?  I don't want to ruin a new engine but I
> don't want to pass up this oil if it will do the break in phase well.
>
> -Roland
> BN1 #724
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