[Healeys] old oil for an old car?

Roland Wilhelmy rwil at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 8 09:31:06 MST 2011


I have six gallons of the oil.  that is going to take a very long time
to use up in my oiling can :-)

-Roland

On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:05:18 +0100, you wrote:

::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
::
::


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