<VV> ZDDP & Max Lead 2000 save motor wear

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Who cares what it does to a cataspastic converger! I only use it in my old cars and an occasional cup of coffee......keeps me regular ya know!

The Lone Haranguer 

---- Secular <rusecular at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> 
>   Hi David:
> 
>   Interesting points. On unknowingly ruining a motor, I'm convinced that 
>   while ZDDP? maybe an excellent additive for the quadragenarian 
>   [or older] cars, it's not quite so friendly with the newer 
>   generations. Take a look at:
> 
>     "What seems to happen," Spikes says, "is that the additive 
>     is designed to form a phosphate glass on these metal 
>     surfaces, but some P2O5, or whatever it is, goes down 
>     the tailpipe and actually forms a phosphate glass on 
>     the catalyst." 
> 
>     The result is a shorter life for this expensive component, 
>     says Michael McMillan, manager of lubricant chemistry 
>     for Detroit based General Motors. That's why, he says, 
>     automobile manufacturers have asked-or, really, required- 
>     oil producers to reduce the levels of ZDDP in their products....
> 
> 
>   Source:
> 
>   http://tinyurl.com/zddp2 
> 
> 
>   Tony I.
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: David Houston 
>   To: virtualvairs at corvair.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:51 AM
>   Subject: <VV> ZDDP & Max Lead 2000 save motor wear
> 
> 
>   I purchased a '63 Greenbrier in January, '08 for $1000. from a junkyard that had removed this abandoned vehicle from the streets of Cambridge, Mass. All it needed was a fuel pump and a new battery to start it up. It has a '63 monza motor. I had to rebuild the right side carb because of leakage due to an odd one piece needle valve with an internal blue washer which jammed shut. I changed all the fluids in the drivetrain, but was surprised to see so much foam in my oil and a hot running motor. My friend who is an aircraft mechanic told me to change the oil and add ZDDP . This stopped the foaming and oil coming thru the dip stick hole. He told me where to obtain a true tetra-ethyl lead additive in Indianna called Max Lead 2000 which when added to Hi-test gas lowered my head temps about 35 degrees F. The end result is a lively little motor w/ PG that runs cooler . I haven't checked my axle ratio but I don't go more than 50 mph. These vans weren't known
>    for speed, but could handled 3/4 ton without much problem. My friend told me to stay away from diesel oils and try to locate any old SF stock, which I found at a WALMART of all places. I've learned you have to pay attention to what you put into these old cars before you unknowingly ruin a motor.
> 
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