[Farmall] Straight Weight Non-detergent Oils

[John Hall]

Al, I couldn't agree with you more. I recently dropped the pan off a Cub and 
was absolutely horrified at the sludge, grit, grime and buildup inside the 
engine. Even with a filter I would be hesitant to run Detergent oil in an 
old engine that I had no idea as to the cleanliness of the inside.

A few years back I switched from Pennzoil to Exxon in my truck. After one 
day it was a BIG mistake. Cut so much crap loose the lifters developed quite 
an attitude.

Like someone else said, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

John Hall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Straight Weight Non-detergent Oils


> Well, I have a combine with a power unit engine.....it's a Continental
> Y-69....and it does not have an oil filter on it and I don't know what oil
> was used in it before I got it but I suspect non-detergent.  I don't think
> I'll make the switch to a regular detergent 30 wt. oil until I can have 
> the
> engine taken apart to see what's inside there.  Engine runs like a top now
> so it'll probably be a while before it ever needs anything done that would
> require tearing it down, so no sense in turning all that sludge loose in
> there and creating a problem when there are none now.
>
> Al
>