[Mgs] OIL (and cats)

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 Dan,

Glad you asked. My cat suddenly has started hacking up furballs while laying
on top of my B-GT, and only on the MG. WTF?

Jay Donoghue
72MGB-GT
66Mustang








-----Original Message-----
From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
To: Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net>; MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 3:05 pm
Subject: Re: [Mgs] OIL


Uh oh, are we starting up a cat thread??



 Dan D

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From: Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net>

To: MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>

Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 1:14:45 PM

Subject: Re: [Mgs] OIL



The limit is so they don't foul cats (hence the problem); which is a

performance spec re emissions.



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Max Heim

'66 MGB GHN3L76149

If you're near Mountain View, CA,

it's the primer red one with chrome wires



on 8/31/10 1:15 AM, Paul Hunt at paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk wrote:



> Both API and ACEA specifications include limits for levels of zinc and

> phosphorus:

>
http://www.acea.be/images/uploads/pub/070308_ACEA_sequences_2007_LD_and_HD.pd
f

>
http://www.api.org/certifications/engineoil/pubs/upload/150916thAdd10308forpr
i

> nt-2.pdf

>

> I've seen (but can't now find) a statement that from some official body
that

> modern formulations don't cause accelerated wear in older engines - not
that

> I believed it given the amount of empirical evidence to the contrary.

>

> PaulH.

>

> ----- Original Message -----

>> No, these are performance specs, not ingredient specs. And flat tappet

>> engine wear is no longer part of the performance spec, apparently.

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