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Re: Castrol - and matters of that ilk

To: jonmac@ndirect.co.uk, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Castrol - and matters of that ilk
From: ZoboHerald@aol.com
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:36:14 EDT
In a message dated 8/6/2004 5:53:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
jonmac@ndirect.co.uk writes:

But the  old style Castrol of 60+ years ago, the stuff they used in racing
engines  is still available in the UK - maybe elsewhere too? It's Castrol
Racing 40  and its got that wonderful smell of burnt castor oil that's so
evocative of  racing motorcycle engines and all the rest, of the  pre-war
years....


 
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Amen on that smell! :-)
 
 
The story I was told over the years by several different "old-timers" was  
that the Castrol R (or whatever it's been called at various times) was supposed 
 
to be DRAINED out after the competition; it was NOT supposed to just sit 
there  in the crankcase until the next time the engine was fired up. NO idea 
how 
true  or just exactly what havoc was supposed to have been wreaked by such oil 
sitting  in the bottom of the sump over a dormant period, but....  

--Andy Mace

*Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a  jet?
*Man: Well, no ... It's not so much of a jet, it's more your,  er,
Triumph Herald engine with wings.
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