IML: New Info on engine Oils - was lifter info - From Dick B.

[Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dick B's emails aren't hitting the list for reasons
that we're looking into.  He asked me to post this for
him: 

> 
> The original message had the subject line:  RE:
> different lifter reasons  
> 
> I should have changed that to: "New information
> about engine oils -
> Important - was RE: different lifter reasons"
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Benjamin [mailto:dickb@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:30 PM
> To: 'mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: different lifter reasons
> 
> Adding to the message that Mike posted, I'll once
> again mention "Skinned
> Knuckles" magazine for those of us who are very
> interested in good care for
> our old cars.  
> 
> SK just did a very good article on this oil problem
> in the current issue,
> which basically is a result of the EPA rules
> regarding contamination of
> catalytic converters; because of those rules, modern
> gas engine oils have
> had the ZDDP additive reduced to less than 1/100
> what it was in the heyday
> of our cars youth, resulting in very poor protection
> against startup wear
> for cars that are not driven every day.   
> 
> As a result, it is important to switch to oils which
> do contain the Zinc
> anti-wear additive, which are only available for
> engines that do not require
> catalytic converters, which of course are Diesel
> engines.  
> 
> So, folks, next time you change your oil (and make
> it soon, please), buy
> Diesel rated oil, do NOT continue to use SK, SL or
> SM rated gas engine oils.
> I've switched to RPM-Delo 400 15W40, the oil and
> grade that is required for
> use in my GMC Duramax Diesel truck - it's available
> only in gallon or larger
> containers, but it is great oil, and has a decent
> amount of ZDDP.
> 
> If you like purely technical information about your
> old cars, and want it
> from a well edited and scientifically very careful
> publication, go to
> www.SKpubs.com  and order a subscription.
> 
> This magazine is a well kept secret amongst
> techno-crats - I don't know why
> it isn't more widely known, but it should be!  There
> is no fluff, no glossy
> paper, no color pictures, no auction news, no info
> about modifications or
> street rods, just pure car care and repair info,
> presented on newsprint to
> keep the cost down - the owner, Bill Cannon, (and
> until recently the editor)
> is an engineer who worked for Ford amongst other
> major automotive
> activities, and a good guy to boot!  People have
> complimented me on being
> right most of the time - Bill has a better
> (rightness) average than I do,
> and a much stronger mechanical background.
> 
> Dick Benjamin
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of mike and linda
> sutton
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:01 AM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: IML: different lifter reasons
> 
> Back when these engines were new, there was a
> running change in the lifter 
> dimension for either the height overall or the
> plunger, I dont remember 
> exactly what and when it was.  When I was in the
> parts arena we always 
> showed two different lifters and two different push
> rods for the RB engines,
>  

Kenyon Wills
 
 






















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