[TR] Greenish oil now 50weight?

[Frank Fisher]

50 weight is the recommended viscosity for our motors.
valvoline racing oil,
straight 50 weight is the old oil with all the nasty bits in it, like ZDDP. it
does state on the can that its good for old flat tappet engines.
so far i have
no problems with it, but i have only been running it for 2 years-5 oil
changes-6 or 7 thousand miles. ill let you know how it lasts in a decade or 2!
Frank

From: Paul Dorsey <dorpaul at bellsouth.net>
To: Randall
<tr3driver at ca.rr.com>; triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 27,
2011 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] Greenish oil now 50weight?

That's it.  ZDDP is
the reason (i forgot that i added it 2 years ago).  Now, 
what does the list
think of running Valvoline 50 weight oil?

Paul


----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "'Paul Dorsey'"
<dorpaul at bellsouth.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 26,
2011 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: [TR] Greenish oil


>> today I drained about a quart
out.  It
>> seemed green (no, not like anti-freeze) but kinda brownish, too.
>
> Paul, is there any chance you added a ZDDP or break-in additive?  Some of
>
them are green.
>
> Some oils are also greenish out of the bottle, but AFAIK
even Valvoline's
> "green" oil is actually an amber color.
>
> -- Randall
>
>
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