What were the products that could be added to regular
oil. I believe one was a GM brand the other???
--- Robert Lang <lang@isis.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 DLylis@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 3/9/2008 12:34:07 A.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,
> > bratt@sasktel.net writes:
> >
> > A local mechanic who runs an auto wreckers washes
> out the crud on resalable
> > cars by filling the sump with 15W40 Diesel Spec.
> oil, and running it for a
> > few hundred miles. The extra detergents in the
> Diesel Oil wash out the
> > accumulated crud and sludge. I figured that would
> be pretty had on the
> > bearings and cylinder walls.
> >
> >
> >
> > What say the list? Lots of LBC owners have
> switched to Shell Rotella for
> > the ZDDP.
>
> Look carefully at the label. Rotella changed
> recently to a new spec, I
> think it's CL-4 or something like that. They have
> reduced the ZDDP in the
> Rotella too.
>
> On the plus side, several oil companies have
> recently indicated that they
> will release motor oil products for gasoline engines
> that have higher
> levels of ZDDP - these will be marketied as racing
> oils...
>
> If you can't wait, there's good products out there
> already. Most cater to
> the racing community (Like RedLine, Valvoline Racing
> and Brad Penn and
> others)
>
> > David Lylis
> > 69 TR6 CC26160L
> > 60 TR3A TS74461LO
>
> rml
>
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