[AT] Engine oil

[jdnut at aol.com]

John, list members,A tangent to this conversation, something I inherited from my father... not sure if it is a superstition or has some validity..??? but I just try to never change the brand of the oil in my autos and tractors.  I can remember us buying an used 1950 Buick way back when, my Dad asked what brand of oil was in it, ..Quaker State, and that was what we used, anyway, too bad that your Exxon oil became hard to find.  Just curious if any list members also hate to change brands of oil?   It doesn't apply here, but for sure I have seen leakage and usage in situations where there was a switch to synthetic oil.  
John in Ferndale


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From: John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com>
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sat, Aug 15, 2020 9:57 am
Subject: [AT] Engine oil

What this group needs (in my opinion) is a good farm equipment discussion.
Engine Oil--but wait, this isn't your ordinary oil discussion!!! Long 
story short, I have a fleet of old gas powered working FARM 
equipment--not talking about lawn equipment. We have always ran big name 
brand oil. I switched from Exxon Super HDII about 3-4 years ago because 
it was getting really hard to source. I switched over to Chevron Dello 
400 (both are 30W). The Dello is formulated for diesels, but supposedly 
works in older gas engines. I now have 2 engines that drink oil when 
being worked hard. My Farmall M can drop 2-3 qts in a couple hours of 
pulling a cultimulcher--yet you don't really notice it smoking. It does 
foul plugs. That work is a very heavy load. Also I have a 3300 Deere 
combine that will drop a qt or so every truckload of corn. Now I've only 
had this combine about 8 years and the oil consumption just started 
about 3 years ago--I swear some days it is worse than others. I really 
wonder if its the oil I'm using. I have on hand some CaseIH low-ash oil 
I run in lawnmowers--considering putting it in the combine for this 
fall. Supposedly the same stuff IH has been selling for 40+ years. The 
cost is about $3-4 more a quart, so an extra $25 to change oil. For the 
record, the rest of the gas powered fleet doesn't run hard/long enough 
to notice a problem. The combine is such a gas hog, can't help but 
wonder if its a fuel issue causing dilution.

What you guys think, worth a shot?

John Hall


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