[Spridgets] oil for spridgets

[mike rambour]

 2 things,
 
 1: this is the very first time I have heard of ZDDP being a engine
killer, I have never heard anything bad about it.  I have heard its
useless and its useful but never bad.  Care to elaborate on why you
think this ?

 2: That castrol is syntec, they no longer make a old car guy oil, just
the syntec stuff.  My older cars already leak enough oil, I would hate
to see how much oil would pour out if I put in synthetic, my new cars
run synthetic though.

	mike

On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 12:53 -0500, David Groundwater wrote:
> Castrol & Valvoline both advertise synthetics that have high zinc for older
> engines. Castrol is marketing directly at us old car guys.
> 
> Dave
> 
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>  http://www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=82915470&content
> Id=7032644
> 
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> http://www.valvoline.com/products/consumer-products/motor-oil/high-performanc
> e-motor-oil/8
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> 
> > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:22:12 -0700
> > From: billyzoom at billyzoom.com
> > To: ladaniels at sbcglobal.net; tr3.4.me at gmail.com; spridgets at autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: [Spridgets] oil for spridgets
> >
> > The ZDDP thing is for real, but it's a slow engine killer. It cuts your
> > engine life by maybe half. It's also an important factor if you have a
> > gearbox that takes motor oil. Gears really need an extreme pressure
> > lubricant.