From smokey at railops.com  Sun Oct  6 00:10:34 2024
From: smokey at railops.com (smokey)
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 01:10:34 -0500
Subject: [Oletrucks] Valvoline Restore & Protect
Message-ID: <2b2e38a8-f9c0-4078-90bc-2d281b04c693@edison>

 
 
 
I have been told that I should never use synthetic oil in my 235.    However, I understand that   Valvoline Restore  &  Protect works wonders for cleaning and restoring engines.    Is it safe to use in a 1957 235?
 

 
Thanks!
 

 
Smokey
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
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From kinderlehrer at comcast.net  Sun Oct  6 11:50:13 2024
From: kinderlehrer at comcast.net (Kinderlehrer)
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:50:13 -0700
Subject: [Oletrucks] Valvoline Restore & Protect
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Don?t know about Restore and Protect. But modern oil standards do not include lead or ZDDP additives which were there to protect flat tappet engines. I always use Valvoline VR1 non synthetic racing oil. It contains sufficient levels of ZZDP and low levels or low sudsing detergents.  

 

Just what I do,

Bob

 

From: Oletrucks [mailto:oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of smokey
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2024 11:11 PM
To: oletrucks
Subject: [Oletrucks] Valvoline Restore & Protect

 

I have been told that I should never use synthetic oil in my 235.  However, I understand that Valvoline Restore & Protect works wonders for cleaning and restoring engines.  Is it safe to use in a 1957 235?

 

Thanks!

 

Smokey

 

 

 

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From miq at bigllama.com  Sun Oct  6 20:00:35 2024
From: miq at bigllama.com (MIQ MILLMAN)
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 07:30:35 +0530
Subject: [Oletrucks] Valvoline Restore & Protect
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I heard that the reason we don't want to use synthetic in the older engine
tech is due to the use of cork in gaskets and the larger tolerances between
machined surfaces and bearing surfaces allows for the much higher viscosity
oil to let bearing slip or rotate.

If you have heavy carbon buildup the additives, combined with a good ole
fashion Italian tune up  (i.e. give it some spirited driving at decent
revs), sounds be fine.

I would change the oil back to some high zinc content Dino juice after
4-500 miles.

  -- Miq

On Sun, Oct 6, 2024, 12:25?PM smokey <smokey at railops.com> wrote:

> I have been told that I should never use synthetic oil in my 235.
> However, I understand that Valvoline Restore & Protect works wonders for
> cleaning and restoring engines.  Is it safe to use in a 1957 235?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Smokey
>
>
>
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