[Mgs] OIL

[Paul Osborne]

I'm with Barney,  why all of these exotic oils and lube mixes??? 
Have been using NAPA 20-50 too and with 100,000   +    and in 2 cars 
,  regular changes all is just fine.  Guess there is a need to spend 
$$  .
paul


>Chuckle.  Something wrong with "the average LBC"?  My MGA fairly 
>often does 500 miles in a single day.  385,000 miles and counting. 
>So far I do not worry about ZDDP, except during a new cam break in 
>period.  I run NAPA 20W50 in summer and 10W40 in winter.  Current 
>engine has 75,000 miles, going strong, never had the bottom end 
>apart.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
>http://MGAguru.com
>
>
>At 11:23 PM 8/27/2010 -0500, "Ron  S" (<iverside> wrote:
>>The street version does not contain zddp. VR-1 does contain zddp 
>>and  is labeled for off-road use only but does not contain the high 
>>milage additives of the street version.  It is meant to be changed 
>>after every race, or about every five hundred or so miles. This is 
>>about the milage the average LBC `weekend tourer' does in a driving 
>>season in a moderate climate area.
>>....
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