[Mgs] oil

[Max Heim]

Yeah, I used it for years. But then back around the early 2000s I had to replace the cam. All the lobes were scored, and the lifters spalled. That’s when I started hearing about zinc and the absence of same. Somewhere between being rated “SG” and “SM” all the zinc went away. It took me a while to find a good high zinc oil that was locally available.

I replaced the lifters again last fall, as a precaution, since I had the head off anyway. One was just starting to show spots.

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Max Heim
'66 MGB

> On Jun 17, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> I guess I'm just an old school fool, but I don't drive my LBCs much. I use Castrol GTX 20W50 in my TR6, TD and E-Type.
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> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:19 PM dave via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net <mailto:mgs at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> I’ve been using Valvoline 20w 50 full synthetic for several years now, and it used to be immediately available from Amazon with free shipping.  It has zddp.
> 
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