[Healeys] On the topic of oils

[John Rowe]

Oil additives- a complete waste of time and money- the manufacturers put in what’s necessary with their base oils when they blend them. Synthetic oils were only developed for new complex modern engines with extended oil drain periods (and will find any little hole to leak out of)

John Rowe

Qld Australia

BN1 BT7

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Kent McLean
Sent: Saturday, 13 June 2015 4:48 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] On the topic of oils

 

Editor Gary wrote:

ZDDP as an additive is only important when an newly rebuild engine is being broken in.
Synthetic oil is an unnecessary expense.
Oil in old cars should be changed once every year.
Oil in old cars should be in the 20W50 range.

 

What about additives? You missed additives. Which one is best? ;)

 

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Kent McLean

’56 100 BN2

 

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