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[ROCKET70]

I run Castrol 10W40 and add Lucas break in additive about 3 oz 10W40 is what has been run in it since new.
The rest of my cars I've run Shell Rotella 15W40 for over 30 years never had a problem.

 

[stajp]

After trying some different and even more expensive options i landed on the lucas hot rod oil. Many choices out there, but at least tit was made with older motors in mind. https://lucasoil.com/products/hot-rods-classic-cars/hot-rod-classic-car-10w-30-motor-oil

 

[tony-muscle]

I think there is one opinion we would all agree with: any oil is better than no oil


PS: this year I am switching to Driven Racing Oil GP-1 10w-30 in my roller camed engine.

 

[Ryunker]

I have another can of worms to open on oil. If you store your car over winter, do you change the oil in the fall before storage or in the spring when you get it ready to run? I always felt fall was better so the old oil, which I was told was acidic, didnt sit all winter long on the engine parts. Your thoughts?

I have many cars, store many all the time, I change oil only when they hit 3000 miles and have been doing that for decades with zero issues. Believe changing oil before/after storage is "hinky" foe everyone to buy much more oil.

Now flipside, coolant acidity is a huge issue. I monitor this regularly with pH strips. My opinion only.

 

[cv_72mustang]

Damm, I just want to use Quaker State 30W with my can opener style spout and be done with it! Lol

 

[Cleveland Crush]

Damm, I just want use Quaker State 30W with my can opener style spout and be done with it! Lol

Lol. The young crowd doesn't know what we're laughing about!

 

[LloydB]

Lol. The young crowd doesn't know what we're laughing about!

You must be one 'cause you posted the wrong thing!

 

[Cleveland Crush]

You must be one 'cause you posted the wrong thing!View attachment 74412

Touché!

 

[lectricegg]

I have many cars, store many all the time, I change oil only when they hit 3000 miles and have been doing that for decades with zero issues. Believe changing oil before/after storage is "hinky" foe everyone to buy much more oil.

Now flipside, coolant acidity is a huge issue. I monitor this regularly with pH strips. My opinion only.

Thanks for that. I think I will start checking the coolant.

 

[Ron Tanzi]

You must be one 'cause you posted the wrong thing!View attachment 74412

This item is only recognized by the 50 and over crowd. Dad used one of those bad boys to top up the oil (Quakerstate) in the Mustang when I was a kid. I do remember when plastic oil bottles became the go to container in the early 80s. I wish I knew where that spout went. I have a bunch of vintage oil cans from the old days and they are all full.

Ron

 

[LloydB]

This item is only recognized by the 50 and over crowd. Dad used one of those bad boys to top up the oil (Quakerstate) in the Mustang when I was a kid. I do remember when plastic oil bottles became the go to container in the early 80s. I wish I knew where that spout went. I have a bunch of vintage oil cans from the old days and they are all full.

Ron

No, I'm not 50 and I used them growing up. My kids all know what they are too because I still have a few.

 

[Ron Tanzi]

No, I'm not 50 and I used them growing up. My kids all know what they are too because I still have a few.

That makes me feel a lot better. I was feeling old and now, not as much. Thanks for that. God speed.

 

[DAverkamp]

Well then there, I’m getting up there in ‘sperience and back in the day after we would do oil changes from the spout and cardboard quarts, we would cut the tops off and fill them with gas, drop a M80 into it to do 60’ mushroom flamers.

 

[tkelley72]

I read somewhere (I think it was in Mustang Monthly magazine before they went out of business" that simply going to 10W40 would protect our older engines without needing any special additives. May not hold true for higher HP engines but for my stock motor it seems to work just fine.

 

[1362]

can you actually recommend this additive or not?

https://lucasoil.com/products/engine-oil-additives/pure-synthetic-oil-stabilizer

 

[tony-muscle]

can you actually recommend this additive or not?

https://lucasoil.com/products/engine-oil-additives/pure-synthetic-oil-stabilizer

From what I heard it is not a good thing to add additives to the oil since you don't know how the combination will react with your specific oil. It is better to find a good oil that you don't need to add additives to.

 

[73Rosco]

Does anyone use the STP oil additive?

 

[Ron Tanzi]

Well then there, I’m getting up there in ‘sperience and back in the day after we would do oil changes from the spout and cardboard quarts, we would cut the tops off and fill them with gas, drop a M80 into it to do 60’ mushroom flamers.

That sounds awesome and dangerous all at once.

 

[Cleveland Crush]

That sounds awesome and dangerous all at once.

Agree Ron, lots of fun with m80's, Silver tubes, and bottle rockets...

 

[LloydB]

I read somewhere (I think it was in Mustang Monthly magazine before they went out of business" that simply going to 10W40 would protect our older engines without needing any special additives. May not hold true for higher HP engines but for my stock motor it seems to work just fine.

Yes, but that may have been before they removed all the zinc from most oils. Every cam manufacture out there reccomends high zinc oil or a zinc additive to protect flat tappet cams.