[T3] Oil 'n other parts

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Sat Jun 9 19:17:31 PDT 2012


Toby called me tonight about oil and I told him what to look for, and he
found the ZDDP in conventional Castrol Diesel.

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> I talked with Tim at Berg recently, all the cam problems they were having
> were due to the ZDDP being taken out without notice.  They no longer have
> cam problems according to Tim as they use nothing but Pennzoil Racing 25W50
> with the ZDDP in it.
>
> Keith
>
> > I believe Jim said  that Lucas has some ZDDP in it.
>
> The Lucas produce I found is an oil additive. I think 1/4 - 1/2
> bottle is plenty for one of our cars. The guy I bought it from told
> me that he thought it was only necessary during breakin. I add it
> occasionally, but I'm not religious about it.
>
> Several years ago Berg mentioned that they were having trouble with
> cam & lifter breakin, and that they were still looking for the cause
> and a solution. I never heard if they came to a resolution, but I'm
> guessing that this may have been about the time ZDDP started
> disappearing from engine oils and that this was the cause.
>
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