[AT] oil for old engines

[Ralph Goff]

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From: <JTakemoto at wildblue.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] oil for old engines


> Ralph I wouldn't get to excited about it, all that junk in your oil didn't
> do much to help it anyway. The modern stuff can run on the new stuff with
> there very tight tolerances then our old stuff shouldn't have any trouble
> at all. sometimes I think some people just have to much time on their
> hands and have to dream up these things to drive us nuts.
> J.

I really hope you are right about that. Maybe it will be the same as the 
unleaded fuel debate of a few years ago. When we were warned of the valve 
seat recession that would occur in the older engines if we burned unleaded 
gas. For a while I used to add "valve safe" to all my older engines fuel 
tanks but eventually quit. I have yet to see any problems with the valves on 
engines new or old.

Ralph in Sask.