[Healeys] On the topic of oils

[John Vrugtman]

And better than the funnies!

On 6/12/2015 6:07 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> It's not like these recurring conversations are cluttering up the 
> List.  It's been pretty moribund lately.
>
> Bob
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> I'm feeling charitable in that maybe these issues resurface due to new 
> members of the list, a lack of understanding of how to use the the 
> archives or the archives are down. Like I said charitable. There other 
> most likely more obvious reasons, but for today,I'll go with those.
> Cheers
>
> Ira Erbs
> Portland, OR
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> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl 
> <mailto:coudesluijs at chello.nl>> wrote:
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>     Hear, hear!!
>
>     Kees Oudesluijs
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>     editorgary at aol.com <mailto:editorgary at aol.com> schreef op
>     11-6-2015 om 23:57:
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>         I'm wondering if the 17-year-locusts and the topic of What
>         oil?, subtopic weight, subtopic synthetic, subtopic ZDDP, both
>         seem to crawl out of the ground at about the same regularity.
>         The topics come up, they are beat to death with the same old
>         myths and old-wives tales, and eventually they go back to
>         ground, only to arise again several years later.
>
>         So,
>         Here is the beginning, middle, and end of the gospel.
>
>         ZDDP as an additive is only important when an newly rebuild
>         engine is being broken in.
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>         Synthetic oil is an unnecessary expense.
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>         Oil in old cars should be changed once every year.
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>         Oil in old cars should be in the 20W50 range.
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>         That's all you need to know.
>
>         Oh, Pat Quinn is probably right regarding 30 weight
>         non-detergent oil in Healey transmissions because of their
>         slightly weird design using a magnet and a coarse screen in
>         the bottom of the drain.
>
>         And none of the above applies to cars being raced with rpm
>         routinely over 4000. You and your mechanics have figured out
>         answers that suit you, and if your mechanic is older than you
>         are, trust him.
>
>         Any other answer is either being promoted by a manufacturer
>         selling a blend of snake oil, profiteering, and engine oil or
>         someone who believes everything they find on the internet
>         regardless of source or age.
>
>         That's it; end of story. Don't make me pull out the hundreds
>         of references supporting this gospel because I won't.
>
>         /Gary Anderson/
>         /Editor at Large, Austin-Healey Magazine/
>         /
>         /
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