[DeTomaso] ZDDP zinc oil additive

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I think you missed the mark here.  They aren't going after the Zinc, 
they are going after all gasoline powered engines.  Getting rid of the 
Zinc just makes it easier, just one step down that slippery slope.  Make 
it so hard to keep an old pushrod engine on the road that eventually all 
the owners will give it up.  They'll force you to drive hybrids and 
engines driven by hemp smoke and cannabis juice.  yea... and they can 
have my classic car when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

Or am I mixing my metaphors again?
Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

1971 Mach I Mustang  [ASA JAY]
1973 Pantera L 5533  [ASASCAT]
    
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Curt Hall wrote:
> So what happens after the Government gets it's way and does away with ZDDP zinc oil additive for good? Then what? What kind of additive would/could you use for a new or rebuilt engine? HIPO or not?
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> Curt
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> --- On Wed, 3/11/09, pantdino at aol.com <pantdino at aol.com> wrote:
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> From: pantdino at aol.com <pantdino at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] ZDDP zinc oil additive
> To: kirkbrit at yahoo.com, detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 8:19 PM
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>  What you say is true-- any oil approved for a new car would be terrible for a
> flat-tappet engine.
> But if you use a gas-diesel approved oil like Delo or Rotella will still be OK
> as of now.
> That could change in the future if the government requires further reductions
> in those oils also.
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> Jim Oddie
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> From: Robert Kirk <kirkbrit at yahoo.com>
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Sent: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 2:28 pm
> Subject: [DeTomaso] ZDDP zinc oil additive
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> I?have recently become aware that current motor oils are profoundly lacking 
> enough zinc to adequately lubricate older engines.? 
> One of my MGC customers has had a major failure with his new Cam.?? I now learn
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> that lack of sufficient zinc (ZDDP) in the oil is probably a supporting if not 
> causation of the problem.? I now am now on board with what looks to be the best
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> solution on the market...."ZDD plus".??? Anyway I wanted to offer the
> group an 
> opportunity to purchase a small quantity (5 4oz bottles) at a 25% discount to 
> the retail price of $9.95/bottle.? That would be enough to do 5 oil changes.? 
> Moss gets $12/bottle with their dealer cost still over the MSR of $9.95
> A brief run down of the problem:
> http://www.macysgarage.com/myweb6/ZDDP.htm
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> More information about the product I sell at:
> http://www.zddplus.com/
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> This is a real problem for pre catylitic cars with flat lifters.? I hope to
> have 
> much more posted to my web site very soon.? This product has 4 times as much as
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> the GM marketed brake in oil and is light years ahead of most any modern oil.? 
> There seems to be a lot of chest pounding and out and out untruths about
> several 
> modern oils but the bottom line is that if it is recommended for a new car it 
> doesn't have sufficient ZDDP....reason being zinc eats catylitic
> converters.? 
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> If interested please contact me directly off list.
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> Regards,
> Robert Kirk
> www.kirks-auto.com
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