[Healeys] Oil Additives

[Michael Oritt]

On my Healey I use either Castrol or Amsoil 20/50 full-synthetic plus one
small bottle of ZDDPlus.
I like K+N 2009 oil filters and always cut them apart after each oil
change to inspect the filter medium for shiny bits.
In my race engines I use Royal Purple racing oil plus above.

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 3:51 PM Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> I noticed something interesting/odd--'interestingly odd?'--the other day
> at 'my' Costco: They no longer carried any non-synthetic oil besides Shell
> Rotella.  Along with the usual Mobil 1, they offered 'Kirkland Synthetic'
> in the lighter grades (0W-20, 5W-20, 0W-30, 10W30).
>
> There may come a day we can no longer get plain 'dino' oil, esp. in the
> lighter grades.
>
>
> On 4/26/2020 9:37 AM, Richard Collins wrote:
>
> FWIW:
>
> I’ve been running Brad Penn Green 30w for 10-12 years in my BN7 with no
> apparent issue. I understand the ZDDP has been reduced/removed from it in
> recent years but I am still using up inventory. I only run 2000 miles or so
> a year ( including a few track laps) but change it every other year or
> two.
> I have a variety of other cars, air cooled, water cooled and tracked all
> of which use Mobil 1 synthetic of various grades except the wife’s Lexus
> which gets dealer bulk whatever. Have thought about trying Mobil 1 on the
> Healey but increased leak risks prevent me from doing that yet.
> I always change filters on every oil change and open to inspect Them. Last
> year I found plastic and shavings in my track car oil filter so had new IMS
> and RMS replaced, (just in time at 86k hard miles)
> Just my .$02 on this thread.
>
> Regards,
> Richard C
> BN7 #440
>
>
> On Apr 26, 2020, at 11:15, Roger Grace <roggrace at telus.net>
> <roggrace at telus.net> wrote:
>
> 
> Interested to see that you feel it necessary to add additional zinc. VR1
> already has 1300 ppm ?
> Is there a consensus on what amount is actually needed? Think that you can
> have too much too ?
> Am a VR1 user but don't add anything.
> rg
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bruce Steele <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>
> <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>
> To: wwycoffbn7 at aol.com, 'healeylist' <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:41:40 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Oil Additives
>
> I add a bottle of Red Line break-in additive with my annual oil change of
> Valvoline VR-1 20W50 racing oil.
>
>
>
> Bruce Steele
>
> Brea, CA
>
> 1960 BN7
>
>
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