[Healeys] oil weight

[Patrick & Caroline Quinn]

G'day

 

I don't think you read was I said.

 

Not a problem using modern oils, but they should be oils formulated for
older engines.

 

Take for instance the oil for the gearbox. I certainly wouldn't use an oil
that contains a detergent.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
Spidell
Sent: Thursday, 11 June 2015 10:22 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] oil weight

 

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
<http://www.penriteoil.com.au/tech_pdfs_new/Jan2014/Product_Catalogue_VV&C.p
df> &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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