[Mgs] OIL

Barrie Robinson barrie at look.ca
Mon Aug 30 10:14:40 MDT 2010


Max,

OMG !!   What the devil was I thinking of !!!  It must be because I 
had a fantastic run in the MGB GT V8 through Muskoka - all beautiful 
lakes and bendy roads.  Car just purred along and nature just 
besotted me.  Sorry folks for being so far off.



At 07:42 PM 8/29/2010, Max Heim wrote:
>Oil has little or nothing to do with valve seat recession -- that was all
>about leaded (or unleaded) gas.
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>on 8/29/10 10:03 AM, Barrie Robinson at barrie at look.ca wrote:
>
> > I was paid by Shell to test out their oil on my brand newly restored
> > Austin Healey.  It was meticulously  measured for the dreaded valve
> > seat recession and I put a lot of  miles on.  After this Shell
> > measured again (they made a special tool to fit the engine) - and
> > voila!   - no signs of wear!  This during a period when some
> > companies were pushing additives
> >
> >
> > At 10:54 AM 8/28/2010, Paul Osborne wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>>> ....
> >> ___
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paul Osborne
> >> University of Rochester
> >> Engineering & Technical Services
> >> Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> >> 201 Hopeman Bldg River Campus
> >> Rochester, New York 14627
> >> 585-275-5226
> >> paul at ece.rochester.edu
>
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Barrie
> > barrie at look.ca
> > 705--721-9060
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Regards

Barrie
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