Listers,
I'm just putting the finishing touches on an engine
tear-down and rebuild, and a friend at work clued me
into a concern about using modern oil with our flat
tappets. Apparently, in an effort to make today's
cars run leaner and cleaner, some additives that are
essential when breaking in a new cam with flat bottom
tappets have been removed from most of today's motor
oils. The following link pretty much tells the whole
story, along with some solutions:
http://www.svmgcc.org/tech_tips/oil_is_killing.htm
Have any of you heard about this, or might any of you
had any personal experience with this issue lately?
This seems like a big issue that could affect all our
LBCs.
Mike
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