[Healeys] oil weight

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Wed Jun 10 18:22:11 MDT 2015


Damn!  Wish I'd known that 130,000 miles ago when I started using 
'modern' oil.



On 6/10/2015 5:13 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn wrote:
>
> G’day
>
> I must be missing something here as I cannot understand why anyone 
> would want to use the grades of oil being mentioned.
>
> Let’s face it, no matter how finely we rebuild the engines of our 
> Austin-Healeys they remain an a design of 1950s or earlier. Therefore 
> any lubricant used should be designed for that age of design. Okay I 
> know that lubricants have improved dramatically, but have a look at 
> the recommendations in the handbook.
>
> No way should you use oils designed for modern cars. Have a look 
> around as there are a number of companies around the world that cater 
> for our cars. I use Penrite which is either made here in Australia or 
> in the UK.
>
> Have a look at this:
>
> http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs_new/Jan2014/Product_Catalogue_VV&C.pdf
>
> Then have a look the Penrite website for all the other specialised 
> lubricants they make for older vehicles.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>

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