[Mg-t] [Mgs] Is Valvoline VR1 OK for everyday use?

[Karl Vacek]

Are you certain about it being meant for daily use ??

There's been lots of discussion on the TRIUMPHS list about this very 
subject, and there's a general belief that all the Valvoline racing oils 
have less detergent, and thus require frequent changes because contaminants 
are NOT held in suspension as with normal motor oils.  Particularly with an 
LBC that sees relatively little mileage, this would be a bad thing.

Karl Vacek
TC 6370


Subject: Re: [Mg-t] [Mgs] Is Valvoline VR1 OK for everyday use?


> The term Racing in this app is mostly a marketing term. The oil is for 
> daily
> use.
> Carl
>
> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Bob Donahue <bobmgtd at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Valvoline is touting it's VR1 racing oil as having plenty of Zinc (ZDDP I
> guess). Is there any down side to using this "racing oil" in my non-racing
> MGB
> and TD?
>
> Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
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