[DeTomaso] Translation of motor oil

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I use pennzoil 10w40 and my engine seems to run great . PI Motorsports  
recommended I switch from mobil 1 to pennzoil. 
 
bob 
 
 
In a message dated 4/24/2012 3:48:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
charlesmccall at gmail.com writes:

Thanks  Dave!



By 2004 there were catalytic converters so I'd assume  that oil for 2004 had
lower levels of zddp. 



Of course you  know what they say about  assumptions...



Thanks!



Charles McCall
Raising  Pantera Awareness Across Europe
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From:  Dave Londry [mailto:davel at emspace.com] 
Sent: martes, 24 de abril de 2012  21:28
To: CharlesMcCall
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re:  [DeTomaso] Translation of motor oil



I don't see anyone speaking  up Charles. (no wonder, it's pretty well
impossible to answer now)
For a  non-roller cam
..You want >9ppm
..Optimum is about 12 ppm which gives  you some room for depletion 
(which happens during normal  running)
..Folklore says >18ppm gets you into some embrittlement  issues.
(I choose to trust this one, no particular reason though)

As  to what your 10W40 has in it??
2 years ago it would have had 1200 ppm. Now  ?

As far as reading the designation - wtf knows what this means and  this is
the API, who make up them  up.
http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/API.html


SL 

Current  

For 2004 and older automotive engines. 


SJ 

Current  

For 2001 and older automotive engines.




CF  

Current 

Introduced in 1994. For off-road, indirect injected  and other diesel 
engines
including those using fuel with over 0.5% weight  sulfur. Can be used in
place of CD oils. 


Here's a blurb from  Mobil pitching 0W40 and 10W40  Hi-Mileage
http://www.mobiloil.com/USA-English/MotorOil/Car_Care/AskMobil/ZDDP_Levels_C
lassic_Cars.aspx

What  would I do?
Add 600 ppm and pray a  bunch.
dave






On 24/04/2012 11:41 AM,  CharlesMcCall wrote: 

Hi



Can someone who knows oil or  where to look confirm that API SL/SJ/CF oil
needs zddp additive?  



I have additive and just bought some Mobil 10W40. (What  happens if you add
too much zddp anyway? Is that a bad  thing?)







Charles McCall
Raising Pantera  Awareness Across Europe
1985 DeTomaso Pantera #9375
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