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Oil Crisis!, save the whales- er, cams |
SGB |
Oct 17 2007, 09:03 AM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
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^ American Petroleum Institute to old car owners EMERGENCY EMERGENCY We are being abandoned by the API! There is a new motor oil standard called "SM" that only hit the shelves within the past few months. DON'T USE IT! It has reduced ZPPD (zinc and phosphates) and will NOT provide adequate conditions for flat tappets. (bring on those rollers, Jake!) Read all about it here pelican 911 thread Charles Navarro has done the homework for us. It has been discussed a few times before, but I missed it a previous oil thread Guess I was niave, I thought oil had to be slippery and clean. It is more of a consumable than I realized because the various additives get USED UP. There is no kicking the ZPPD habit. We gotta have it. I've already put more miles on this SM grade oil than I should have. I hope it isn't too late. If nothing else, get some of one of the additives mentioned and fortify that oil. I;m going to the Amsoil Harley MC oil because I can get it TODAY. |
Jake Raby |
Oct 18 2007, 12:52 AM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,394 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
All the above Diesel oils available over the counter have already changed, or will be changed very soon. Charles is continuing oil sample gathering on a routine basis to see what changes and how.
If it's an over the counter "non race" oil it is only a matter of time before it'll be virtually worthless if it isn't already. Buy Brad Penn and be done with it. |
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