[T3] Oil 'n other parts

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Sat Jun 9 19:33:33 PDT 2012


not sure, but it was greater than zero!  i bet the info is on line

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Really?  What ppm level is in their diesel oil?
> Id sure love to get something off the shelf and not have to drive into the
> port of Albany to get my oil... and pay $$$
> Castrol is what I use in my watercooled cars.
>
> Keith
>
>
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> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> Fye
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Oil 'n other parts
>
> 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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