[T3] Cheap Brad Penn!

[Dave Pallo]

Actually - you won't find a API rating on these Brad Penn multi-grade oils.
So I asked this question online on their website. Within 5 minutes, a Brad
Penn senior tech engineer phoned me to explain the aspects of why the API
rating isn't there. He talked to me for 5 minutes, but basically he said for
these multi-grade oils -  they chose to not be restricted by todays API
standards. He said they exceed todays ratings for phosphorous and zinc, and
they would have to reduce these amounts to get back down to a API rating. He
wasn't bashing API, but instead emphasized how these Brad Penn oils are
designed for the older air cooled / classic cars. He said these oils were
designed to give these flat tappet / racing applications what they required
for protection and wear, rather than meet today's standards; basically for
catalytic converter cars.

 

BTW, now that I rebuilt Elwood's engine - I run Brad Penn 10W-30 and I'm
very happy with it.

 

Dave Pallo

'72 Square ~ Elwood

Fairport, NY

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.vwtype3.org/pipermail/type3-vwtype3.org/attachments/20140618/c6d12666/attachment.htm>