[FC] Oil additive??

[Ken Hand]

     There is no real issue here, I think it is very simple, Just don't 
use any oil that says energy conserving on the label. You don't need to 
try and find retro oil or anything like that. Get the 10W-40 and pay 
the price for the value you want and be happy, I quite often get the 
Wal Mart brand! I think there is way to much being read into what is 
being said here. Our cars need engine oil made for the automotive 
gasoline engine, not diesel engines or even farm engines. They all have 
different oil additive and formulation needs. The automotive oils are 
still the best for our engines and the most developed.


Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom St.Amand <lumppytom at hotmail.com>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 8:57 pm
Subject: Re: [FC] Oil additive??










Regarding the oil issue, I was in Wal-Mart today and they have a 15W-40 
fleet
and farm oil where the newest rating is CI-4/SL, is that going back 
further than
necessary?

Tom St. Amand



> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:49:30 -0400> To: corvanatics at corvair.org> 
From:
dkdewald at pasty.net> Subject: Re: [FC] Oil additive??> > At 23:50 
9/28/2008
-0400, Ken Hand wrote:> > >????? OK, For all here, there was a very 
good oil
article by Bob Helt. I > >have also kept up on the oil issue for our 
Corvairs
and it boils down to > >this, you can run any oil that does not have 
the "energy
conserving" seal > >on the label. That equates out to any 10W-40 and 
heavier
oil. 5W-30 is > >"energy conserving" and therefore does not have the 
"Zinc"
added to that > >oil. The other oils, 10W-40 and heavier, have reduced 
zinc from
what it > >used to be but still enough for our FC's and cars with flat 
tappet
engines.> > What about Amsoil type ACD 10W30/SAE30 Diesel oil? Unless 
they
recently > changed it, I cannot find the "energy conserving" starburst 
on the
label. I > suppose it does not qualify since it is technically a 
straight-weight
SAE > 30 oil but, being fully synthetic, has it low tempe
  rature properties that > meet 10W-30 specifications.> > >??? The next 
time you
are in a store go look at the oil bottles. On any > >5W-30 and thinner 
oil you
will see the "energy conserving" seal. Compare > >that to a 10W-40 oil 
bottle
and you will see what I mean.> > I suppose if one were to desire a 
wider
viscosity range they could use > Amsoil type DEO> 5W-40 [diesel oil], 
but I do
not know how much ZDDP is in the formula for > this oil.> > Dale Dewald 
-
preferring thinner oils UP North> Hancock, MI> > 
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