[DeTomaso] ZDDP zinc oil additive

Asa Jay Laughton asajay at asajay.com
Thu Mar 12 00:33:28 EDT 2009


But there are also alternatives out there, like Mobil 1, Valvoline VR-1, 
Amsoil.  You just need to do the research, and there is a lot of it out 
there.  I recently switched back to Amsoil and I'm loving it.

:)

Asa Jay

Asa Jay Laughton, MSgt, USAFR, Retired

& Shelley Marie
Spokane, WA

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pantdino at aol.com wrote:
>  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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> 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 
> 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 
> 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 
> 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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