[Healeys] Valvoline VR-1 20W-50 ...

[i erbs]

Lucas oil has classic car and race car oils with zddp and will ship for
~$8.00 a quart.

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
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Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 5:11 AM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Simon,
> The problem is the ZDDP content which is either missing or too low to
> protect solid lifters.
> Read this..http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/?p=49
>
> Michael S
> On May 9, 2016 12:21 AM, "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> I hate to start another oil war, but:
>> Recalling that one of the Healeys said that the quality of the oil was
>> less
>> important than the frequency of the oil changes - ie change yr oil often
>> - I
>> get my 20 -50 from a farm depot. In bulk. Costs very little ie the drum
>> doesn't have a picture of a Classic Car on it. It's good stuff....most
>> decent size tractors are worth more than our cars and they wouldn't put
>> any
>> old stuff in their engines! I've been running on Mole Valley Farmers'
>> 20-50
>> for the last +/-15 yrs. Oil and filter at least every 3,000 miles.
>> Simon
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob
>> Spidell
>> Sent: Sunday, May 8, 2016 18:02
>> To: Healeys
>> Subject: [Healeys] Valvoline VR-1 20W-50 ...
>>
>> ... appears to be no longer available in California.  Amazon has it, but
>> won't ship to either my address or my parents', and my favorite local
>> parts
>> house said they 'yanked it off the shelves' at all their warehouses.
>>
>> Best (only?) alternative is Joe Gibbs Racing 15W-50, at $10+/qt. Ouch.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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