[Fot] [FOT] Forwarded message regarding oil

[Charly Mitchel]

Isn't there something we can add to our oil to make it more compatible to
our motors?  Something like Lucas, Power Punch, Hyperlube, Marvel Mystery
oil or some additive like that?
I'm sorry to show my ignorance about oils and their makeup's, but I never
knew it really mattered, but I'm starting to think so now.
When I was hot into riding motorcycles (street only), I saw that Castrol GTX
20W50 would foam up in my oil tank after riding hard.  The Triumph
Bonneville is a dry sump motor and when I'd take off the lid to the oil
reservoir I would find a lot of bubbles.  I switched to Kendal and never had
that problem again.  I haven't been able to find Kendal locally for several
years now and would like to use it again, in my MC (74 Triumph Trident) and
TR6 racecar, if not in all my vehicles.  How do we go about getting this on
the West Coast?
Charly Mitchel
TR6 #44
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Kantarjiev" <cak at dimebank.com>
To: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] [FOT] Forwarded message regarding oil


> The Brad Penn oils are promising. But fear not - it appears that
> good old Castrol GTX 20W50 is an excellent choice for our engines,
> except that it has some problems with viscosity retention.
>
> Chuck Navarro at LN Engineering is taking this oil stuff very
> seriously. He's focused on air-cooled engines, so he has a slightly
> different bent, but those engines are flat-tappet engines and
> are having those same problems. He's been doing a lot of oil
> sampling and testing, and is continuing to do so as the
> oil makers change their formulations (seemingly daily).
>
> See http://www.lnengineering.com/oil.html for his results. Check
> out the Penn oils ... they tested lower than expected.
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