[AT] Engine oil

Sun Aug 16 21:08:08 PDT 2020

Antique tractor reference:  I store my tractors in a shop building with lots of big metal objects and concrete floors that moderate temperature swings in the shop.  So the tractor engines never get below freezing except a few times a year when it’s so cold I read books instead of driving tractors.  So I use straight 30w.   I just don’t work them in temperatures where a multi weight would be helpful.  Plus it’s convenient since all my smaller engines use straight 30 too.   I use the Rotella 15-40w in my diesel Ford 861

Way off topic:   I was low on oil one day a LONG time ago and my insert style oil spout for oil cans must have been “forever borrowed“ or lost or driven over or whatever.  Can’t remember.     So on the way to the local auto parts to get oil I pulled off at the surplus/junk store for the spout.   So then on to the auto parts store.

When I got there I was met with:  plastic bottles. (-; 

I still have that spout on top of one of the small cabinets I use for nuts/bolts/etc.  It remains  unused with its surplus store price tag.  A whole 99 cents.

To tell you how poor i was it or how long ago (or both) this was,  I probably saved a whole dollar buying the spout at the surplus store instead of the auto parts store.   And that whole dollar was worth the extra stop.

In full disclosure, I am not sure if it’s was just my brand (was always a Pennzoil guy) or all the oil brands had been switched out to plastic.  I kept the spout cause I figured i’d need it but the change to plastic came quick and I never bought a can of oil again.

I love handing it to young people and asking them what they think it is for. (-;  I must admit a surprising percentage do know.

Spencer

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> On Aug 16, 2020, at 8:37 PM, Ken Knierim <ken.knierim at gmail.com> wrote:
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> More than you'll probably want to know about oils:
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> https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/
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> They have some rather interesting information on different types of oils. They discuss the synthetics made from natural gas (GTL or gas to liquid), and so forth. 
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> Ken in AZ
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>> On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 5:24 PM <bradloomis at charter.net> wrote:
>> Anyone remember Raylube? Recycled oil. Used by us unwashed in our beaters that burned as much oil as gas.
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>> Brad
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>> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of James R Showers
>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 3:41 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [AT] Engine oil
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>> I remember using Amalie in the 60’s.  It was high paraffin and my hands would feel slippery even after washing them if I would get the oil on my hands.
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>> From: Mike M
>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 4:47 PM
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>> I remember my Dad used to use Wolfshead oil in our lawnmower.
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>> Mike M
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>> On 8/16/2020 3:51 PM, ustonThomas Mehrkam wrote:
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>> Any one remember Amalie Oil.  Better than it has to be.  The problem is it was just a smidgen better than bare minimum standards.
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>> My first car was purchased from my dads boss.  He drove 5 miles a day and changed the oil every 3000 miles. It looked great.  I started having problems so I pulled the oil pan.  There must have been 10 lbs of sludge.  I pulled the engine apart and cleaned it up.  Put it back together and drive it several years until I was rear ended by a pickup truck. I never used Amalie oil again.
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>> That is about the time people realized how bad Amalie oil was.   I still a couple paper cans of Amalie oil in my shop.
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>> On Sunday, August 16, 2020, 1:58:02 PM CDT, Bruce Fallon <bfallon at whidbey.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> Bruce Fallon
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>> Langley, WA 98260
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>> From: AT [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of jdnut at aol.com
>> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 10:37 AM
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>> John, list members,
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>> 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.  
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>> John in Ferndale
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>> -----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
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>> What this group needs (in my opinion) is a good farm equipment discussion.
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>> Engine Oil--but wait, this isn't your ordinary oil discussion!!! Long
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>> story short, I have a fleet of old gas powered working FARM
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>> equipment--not talking about lawn equipment. We have always ran big name
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>> brand oil. I switched from Exxon Super HDII about 3-4 years ago because
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>> it was getting really hard to source. I switched over to Chevron Dello
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>> 400 (both are 30W). The Dello is formulated for diesels, but supposedly
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>> works in older gas engines. I now have 2 engines that drink oil when
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>> being worked hard. My Farmall M can drop 2-3 qts in a couple hours of
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>> pulling a cultimulcher--yet you don't really notice it smoking. It does
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>> foul plugs. That work is a very heavy load. Also I have a 3300 Deere
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>> combine that will drop a qt or so every truckload of corn. Now I've only
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>> had this combine about 8 years and the oil consumption just started
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>> about 3 years ago--I swear some days it is worse than others. I really
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>> wonder if its the oil I'm using. I have on hand some CaseIH low-ash oil
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>> I run in lawnmowers--considering putting it in the combine for this
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>> fall. Supposedly the same stuff IH has been selling for 40+ years. The
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>> cost is about $3-4 more a quart, so an extra $25 to change oil. For the
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>> record, the rest of the gas powered fleet doesn't run hard/long enough
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>> to notice a problem. The combine is such a gas hog, can't help but
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>> wonder if its a fuel issue causing dilution.
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>> What you guys think, worth a shot?
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>> John Hall
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