[Healeys] Castrol Syntec Oil

Alan Bromfield bluehealey at gmail.com
Thu Jun 28 05:55:51 MDT 2012


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On 27/06/2012, warthodson at aol.com <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:
> Following is a "State of Lubrication"  report from one of our local
> members.
> Gary Hodson
>
> Gents,
>
> Thought you might want to know that the Castrol Syntec 20W-50 Motor Oil
> that
> is b specially formulated for Classic Carsb  is no longer available.  I
> have
> been all over the place today and after discussing this with Gary Hodson
> called Castrol directly.
>
> Castrol has transitioned from the Syntec 20W-50 to their b Castrol EDGEb
> with Syntec Power Technology SAE 5W-50 (and is also marked that it too is
> b specifically formulated for Classic Carsb ).  The Castrol representative
> went on to say this is the only oil for  Classic Cars and the Zinc Additive
> for their new product is higher than the older version (1,300 PPM in Edge
> vs
> 1,200 PPM in the older Syntec).  I have already purchased the new oil for
> an
> oil change tomorrow and it is widely available at Ob Reillyb s, and Ib m
> sure in other stores.  (FYI it is on sale now at $5.99 / quart).
>
> Cheers!
>
> Mac
> _______________________________________________

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