[T3] Notch Running hot.

[Keith Park]

Actually I talked with the Brad Penn rep on the phone, the ONLY oil they
sell with the 1400ppm necessary for the flat tappet cams is the "Green oil"
I think they call it the Penn grade 1.  They told me that thie diesel oil
and the regular stuff they sell, the non-green stuff, doesn't have the ZDDP
necessary but they didn't have a number for it.

The "Green Oil" is all semi synthetic, like the 10W30 I just put in the
Notch which is running it hot.  Brad Penn doesn't have a Dino oil with the
proper levels of ZDDP.

Keith


BTW, note to Keith: Looking at the spec sheet at the Brad Penn web 
site, I see that all the Brad Penn oils contain the same amount of 
zinc and phosporus except the 0W-30. The 0W-30 contains the same 
amount of zinc and slightly less phosphorus. They also make a special 
breakin oil for which they don't specify the amount of zinc and 
phosphorus. They don't specify an S rating for any of these, but 
maybe there's one on the bottles you have. If so, what is it?

Given that most of the BP oils appear to have the same amount of ZDDP 
in them, I think you'd be better off with something lighter than 20W-
50. That puts extra pumping load on your engine and may reduce the 
flow somewhat. Why not use something more reasonable like their 15W-
40 or straight 30 or 40? Those 2 effects should cool your engine 
somewhat.

They make a Diesel engine oil that meets SM specs but they don't 
specify zinc or phosphorus content, so my guess is that it's lower 
than the SL I mentioned above.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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