[Spridgets] Red Line

[Kirk Hargreaves]

I ran it in a v6.  . which then blew a head gasket - and which would have no
relationship to the oil!  But at the time I was so pissed off about the head
gasket that the immediate thing I thought of was the last thing I did to the
car, which was the dark strange oil that I added!

Not sure why the pulled the stuff. .  I imagine a Google on the subject
would yield some info.

Kirk

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Chris King <cbking at alum.rpi.edu> wrote:

>  I remember the graphite oils; my father thought they were great - he ran
> it in his '78 suburban and never had a problem.
>
> Why were they pulled? Was it a technical issue, or simply that people
> didn't want to buy a black oil?
>
> -=Chris
>
>
> Chris King
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>  <-----Original Message----->
>        *From: Kirk Hargreaves [khargreaves2 at gmail.com]*
> Sent: 7/21/2009 1:46:19 PM
> To: ladaniels at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Spridgets] Red Line
>
>
> I think Red Line has gone "South" only as a break in. . but should still be
>
> top notch with ZDDP for after break in use. . . what I got from the
> statement anyway?
>
> I have seen Harleys break in on their own synthetic. . and I believe that
> Red Line says that you can break in a motor with their oil. Harley
> recommends break in with their synthetic.
>
> However, I would stay to the safe side and use Penn Grade 1 Break in - and
> then go to Re Line or Amsoil for the long run, if so interested.
>
>
> The old adage still holds. . if you change it regularly and run a non
> synthetic, or in our case diesel oil, you will be in just as good shape.
>
> I have seen many Harley Evo's at the 150k and above mark running fine, only
>
> because the owner changed the oil on a regular basis. . typically at the
> 2500 mile mark, or at least before 3k. And they were using non-synthetic
> Harley oil (before the Motor Company came out with their own synthetic
> version).
>
> Also, as most if not all of you are aware. . synthetic comes from the same
> base stock as does non synthetic.
>
> (I still run into people who think that synthetic is made of non natural
> components, as developed in a lab not having a regular base stock to begin
> with).
>
> This might be due to the fact that some of the oil companies came out with
> a
> graphite oil, and other non natural base oils in the latter 1970's. . which
>
> in turn were pulled from the market.
>
> The difference is in the breakdown of a consistent ten chain molecular
> structure for synthetic as opposed to an uneven breakdown in non synthetic.
>
> .. and of couse whatever additives are put in.
>
> The illustration might be that it is harder to light a phone book than a
> pile of leaves. The tighter structure deals with heat better, etc.
>
> Kirk
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