<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I replaced the lifters again last fall, as a precaution, since I had the head off anyway. One was just starting to show spots.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 17, 2019, at 3:33 PM, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">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.</div><br style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="gmail_quote" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:19 PM dave via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" class=""><div class="m_-823569802960541818WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>