Rotella T6 synthetic oil

[GeoHorn]

THIS is the only oil needed:

 

[fried1765]

THIS is the only oil needed:

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Few here will remember when oil was sold like that!

 

[GeoHorn]

Few here will remember when oil was sold like that!

8-cents per quart…. poured into the borrowed Ford Fairlane used to make the beer-run to Apple Springs, Tx …. 25 mile each way = 4 qts…. left a blue-cloud behind…but it was usually a night-time run so no one complained….

 

[Siesta Sundance]

Just added seafoam to my Ford150screw 3.5ecoboosh crankcase, it's 300 miles out from its oil change at 110K, my other 3 trucks all have over 150k miles. I think The Laundry Fairy's Lexy LX570 will hit 100K this year.

Seafoam is a petroleum based product.
Check out Project Farm on YT, he is not sponsored, no stock/business ownership of the seafoam product, he has done several videos.

 

[arml]

Alcohol not good for us…Now that’s just blasphemy

Honestly I dont know how I missed this thread this past week…this has made my late afternoon.

As far as oils in small engines, GN4 or die.

Oh my, I'll drink to that! LOL

 

[jyoutz]

Few here will remember when oil was sold like that!

I’ll bet nobody remembers that, I’m guessing that was early 1900s

 

[fried1765]

I’ll bet nobody remembers that, I’m guessing that was early 1900s

No!
Not THAT long ago.
I can remember it being still widely available 1945-46 ( post war).

 

[Siesta Sundance]

No!
Not THAT long ago.
I can remember it being still widely available 1945-46 ( post war).

And exactly how old were you in 1945?

 

[fried1765]

And exactly how old were you in 1945?

"exactly" 5
I started first grade at 5 also.
My dad used the only gas station in town.
At 5, I also sat in the first town firetruck,.... on day of delivery.
Seems as though you think I am fabricating...... maybe like FJB?
Truth: None of my uncles, or aunts were eaten by cannibals!

 

[jyoutz]

No!
Not THAT long ago.
I can remember it being still widely available 1945-46 ( post war).

In bottles?

 

[rc51stierhoff]

Interesting history…

Glass Motor Oil Bottles Grow In Value

Many older FARM SHOW readers remember when motor oil came in tall glass bottles sealed with everything from corks to crimped lids or spouts. If youve got any tucked away in the shop, garage or attic,...

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[fried1765]

In bottles?

YUP!

 

[Siesta Sundance]

"exactly" 5
I started first grade at 5 also.
My dad used the only gas station in town.
At 5, I also sat in the first town firetruck,.... on day of delivery.
Seems as though you think I am fabricating...... maybe like FJB?
Truth: None of my uncles, or aunts were eaten by cannibals!

Awesome Fred, glad you got such a great memory! Not doubting just curious. And agree with everything else you mentioned, lol

 

[arml]

I remember the glass bottles next to the pumps, I recall a quart was about 10 cents, heck gas was 32 cents a gallon....that was in 1962. I was driving my 1952 olds with a 57 olds J2 v8 engine with 3 two barrel carbs. Yep, those days where fine.

 

[fried1765]

I remember the glass bottles next to the pumps, I recall a quart was about 10 cents, heck gas was 32 cents a gallon....that was in 1962. I was driving my 1952 olds with a 57 olds J2 v8 engine with 3 two barrel carbs. Yep, those days where fine.

Guess I am a LOT older. than I realize.
I remember my parents buying gas at 15.9 cents per gallon.
......and always complaining about the price.

 

[BruceP]

THIS is the only oil needed:

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When oil was sold like that.... the corner-mechanic also stocked COMPLETE ENGINES ready to be bolted in as they wore out.
Back then, replacing an engine was commonplace occurrence. (just look at the oil they had to work with)

 

[D2Cat]

The real problem with engines "back then" was tolerances in engine production. When the Japanese began producing automobiles, after the US provided new factories after WW2, they got proficient and started importing. Then the competition helped U.S. manufacturers realized the had to step up their game. And step it up they did!!

 

[lynnmor]

When oil was sold like that.... the corner-mechanic also stocked COMPLETE ENGINES ready to be bolted in as they wore out.
Back then, replacing an engine was commonplace occurrence. (just look at the oil they had to work with)

I was going to mention that. Often bulk oil was put in those containers without a cap and placed outside to collect dust and whatever. For the really frugal customers, used oil was available.

Blackstone Laboratories collected vintage oils in sealed containers and did testing on them, the results and final conclusion was that they were pretty good. Ebay oils If you don't want to read all three newsletters, skip to the end of the third one for the conclusion.

The tolerances used to build the new engines were actually quite good, the wear problem mainly came from poor filtration of air and oil, for example my 1949 Chevy had no oil filter and the air filter was just metal screening that kept out bumble bees and the larger road stones.

 

[TheOldHokie]

I was going to mention that. Often bulk oil was put in those containers without a cap and placed outside to collect dust and whatever. For the really frugal customers, used oil was available.

Blackstone Laboratories collected vintage oils in sealed containers and did testing on them, the results and final conclusion was that they were pretty good. Ebay oils If you don't want to read all three newsletters, skip to the end of the third one for the conclusion.

The tolerances used to build the new engines were actually quite good, the wear problem mainly came from poor filtration of air and oil, for example my 1949 Chevy had no oil filter and the air filter was just metal screening that kept out bumble bees and the larger road stones.

Not so fast my friend.

The wear problems we experienced back in the day were primarily caused by oils that broke down in service. Nothing in the Ebay Oils formulary analysis addresses⁰ those properties. The API bench and engine performance testing requirements for modern oils do.

Have Kristen send suitable quantities of those old oils off to a lab like SWRi that does those sorts of performance tests and you will see those old oils cant hold a candle to modern oils in terms of ckeanliness, wear protection, and chemical stability.

Thats why modern engines that are much harder on oils dont suffer from the sludge, deposit and premature wear problems that plagued older engines using those older oils.

Dan

 

[fried1765]

The real problem with engines "back then" was tolerances in engine production. When the Japanese began producing automobiles, after the US provided new factories after WW2, they got proficient and started importing. Then the competition helped U.S. manufacturers realized the had to step up their game. And step it up they did!!

BINGO!