[AT] Engine oil

[Bruce Fallon]

I find the Pennzoil commercials interesting as originally Pennzoil was
advertised years ago a made with pure Pennsylvania crude oil  then
eventually it went to pure Pennsylvania grade crude oil and now it is made
with natural gas. 

 

Bruce Fallon

Langley, WA 98260

 

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jdnut at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 10:37 AM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] Engine oil

 

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



-----Original Message-----
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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