[Mgs] ZDDP in oil

[Rick Lindsay]

Yep.  We're just repeating urban legends.  Truth is:
 
- An engine needs some oil.  
- It needs to be changed at some reasonable interval.
- Filter too.
- That's about all one really needs to know.

rick

--- On Wed, 9/10/08, Paul Root <ptrmgb at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Paul Root <ptrmgb at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] ZDDP in oil
> To: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Stephen West-fisher" <steve at coastaldatasystems.com>, "MGS" <mgs at autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 5:53 PM
> If you read in the Castrol pages, in the Myths and Facts,
> they'll say  
> that the need for break in oil or not using Synthetic
> is a myth. Also, a myth that you can't go back.
> 
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 4:51 PM, Rick Lindsay wrote:
> 
> > I've heard that too Stephen.  The advice used to
> be to never use  
> > synthetic in a newly rebuilt engine.  The again, the
> first synthetic  
> > oils leaked pretty badly in old cars.  Since then, the
> makers have  
> > reformulated synthetics so that they seal better. 
> Rememberm paper  
> > gasket seals seal when swolen with fluids.  The first
> synthetics  
> > didn't adequately wet the gaskets (or swell
> seals).
> >
> > Modern oils don't break down like ancient oils
> did.  Still, its  
> > still MHO that the best solution is to use the oil
> originally  
> > intended and change it often to throw away the debris
> that it  
> > collects.  I use 20W50 Castrol GTX and change the
> filter with every  
> > change.  Something like 5000 mile intervals.
> >
> > rick