In the November-December MOWOG murmers (the publication of the Puget-
sound based MGCC), there is a rather interesting article entitled
"oil is killing our engines".
It is written by the head of a shop in Brush Prairie, Washington
(Foreign Parts Positively), after a seeing camshaft failure and
calling the manufacturer to investigate.
Apparently the modern API oils lack the levels of Zinc, Manganese and/
or phosphates to provide appropriate lubrication. The article goes
into more detail (alas, I cannot find a copy online--it seems rather
good), but the gist is "use Diesel rated oil for flat tappet engines".
I don't have any background in lubrication or oils--just that I
religiously use GTX and always have. This article has me considering
a switch to Delo. Has anybody else seen or heard other articles
backing up the claim that modern oils are not-so-good?
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