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frankk12 at verizon.net frankk12 at verizon.net
Fri Jun 19 10:55:40 MDT 2009


Rick: Unfortunately my 1980 LE has a cat but my 64 does not. Ed had 
mentioned on here that he uses Castrol ZDDP with every oil change. Eastwoood 
has it for $8.99 but they want $9.95 for shipping! Napa has never heard of 
it. I was wondering where it is available.  The Classic Car Castrol would 
work but I have never been able to find it here.
Ffrank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Brown" <mgrick at mgcars.org.uk>
To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:01 AM
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> Frank
>
> I have not been able to find the Castrol for Classic cars anywhere here in 
> Florida - guess I should call the distributor in Tampa.
>
> I sent an email to Valvoline the other day and this is their response:
>
> The Valvoline Racing Oils do have a slightly less of a detergent package 
> in the products, but the Valvoline VR1 Racing Oil product is still 
> recommended for daily use vehicles that do not have a catalytic converter, 
> which your vehicles should not, as it carries a 3 month/3,000 mile change 
> interval. Using 5 quarts of the Valvoline VR1 Racing Oil will be perfectly 
> fine and safe for use in your street vehicles.
>
> Rick
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <frankk12 at verizon.net>
> To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>; "Ed's Shop" <shop at justbrits.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 10:11
> Subject: Re: [Mgs] list
>
>
>> Ed: Where the heck do you find the Castrol ZDDP? I went to my local Napa 
>> store and they never heard of ZDDP and tried to sell me all kinds of oil 
>> additives even though I explained the problem with the newer oils for our 
>> older British cars.
>> Did we every resolve the issue with Valvoline racing oil? Is it ok to use 
>> in our non-racing LBC? I have always used Castrol 20-50
>> Frank "Swamp Yankee"


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