| Re: [GMCnet] Oil WARS ( again) [message #163890] |
Thu, 22 March 2012 17:54  |
rallymaster
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Registered: February 2004
Location: North Plains, ORYGUN
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Hey, guys, I thought it wasn't a problem until the Feds mandated lower
amounts of ZDDP last year. What you've done for the last 20 years
doesn't count.
RonC
On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:16:02 -0500 Bob de Kruyff <NEXT2POOL@AOL.COM>
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> MIGUEL MENDEZ wrote on Thu, 22 March 2012 14:15
> > hmmmm, well lets see, Mellings cams, lifters and rocker arms, in
> the cam pakage, it states to use rotela t, dello 400 or delvac,
> because they have more than enough zink.
> >
> > i have been using dello 400 here for years and even still today,
> and i have as of yet had any valve train problems, i really think
> this zink thing is really over kill, like the 3000 mile oil change,
> good god, i do mine at 5000 min and 7000 max, and stll have not had
> a problem.
> >
> > in our trucking business, oil has to have enough zinc, a 14l
> diesel motor cost way to much, and i know many truck driver who
> would be very upset to find out there heads went bad due to low zinc
> ???
>
> We have 100,000 trucks on the road, some still with flat tappets. We
> run the same oil in everything no matter where they are and how old
> they are. Many have well over 200,000 miles and never had a low zinc
> attack.
> --
> Bob de Kruyff
> 78 Eleganza
> Chandler, AZ
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Ron & Linda Clark
1978 Eleganza II
North Plains, ORYGUN
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