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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>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)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>John Rowe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Qld Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>BN1 BT7<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kent McLean<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 13 June 2015 4:48 AM<br><b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] On the topic of oils<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Editor Gary wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>ZDDP as an additive is only important when an newly rebuild engine is being broken in.<br>Synthetic oil is an unnecessary expense.<br>Oil in old cars should be changed once every year.<br>Oil in old cars should be in the 20W50 range.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>What about additives? You missed additives. Which one is best? ;)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>—<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kent McLean<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>’56 100 BN2<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>