[T3] Oil 'n other parts

Brian Fye bfye at canyonville.net
Sat Jun 9 20:13:58 PDT 2012


web site says 0.13% by wt.

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Brian Fye <bfye at canyonville.net> wrote:

> 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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>> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
>> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Brian
>> Fye
>> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 10:18 PM
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> 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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