detergents, motor oils, sludge, etc.

[Donald Wilkinson]

digitaldon (also a geezer), recalls that back in the bad old non-detergent oil days, people (maybe me?), felt that the detergent package detracted from lubricity, kinda like 2/3 oil, 1/3 Tide. He also recalls that one very effective way to destroy a (non-detergent) engine was to let a bunch of that top end sludge fall down into the pan. It's also true that flat head Fords could have a (bypass) filter if one put one on there. Even 49 thru 52's (last of the flatheads) might not have had 'em from the factory, unless deluxes haddem, but not standards. Ford did that. Thus the MG T's with full flow filters standard were way advanced relative to contemporary Fords, one of the reasons why after seeing our 1st MG's, we never looked back. Sheesh, Chevvys still had splash oiling to the rods! Don TC 7993

[Peter Roberts]

Don, I (also a geezer) recall tearing down a '52 Olds and using a kid's shovel to clean out the pan. The little old lady who owned it only put in gas because it kept stopping if she didn't! Running kerosene through the pan was a legend they taught every new mechanic. Right up until they saw one of us about to do it. That's when we got our sharp lesson about vapor and explosions. Them sporty furrin cars with those fandangled oil filters were a joke. Everybody knew they would just choke up with the sludge and starve the engine. Funny how many T Series are still running with original engines, isn't it? (Actually, it really is remarkable considering how poorly the driving public was about oil maintenance.) _Peter

----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Wilkinson" digitaldon@hotmail.com> To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 2:33 PM Subject: [mg-tabc] detergents, motor oils, sludge, etc. > > digitaldon (also a geezer), recalls that back in the bad old non-detergent > oil days, people (maybe me?), felt that the detergent package detracted > from > lubricity, kinda like 2/3 oil, 1/3 Tide. He also recalls that one very > effective way to destroy a (non-detergent) engine was to let a bunch of > that > top end sludge fall down into the pan. It's also true that flat head > Fords > could have a (bypass) filter if one put one on there. Even 49 thru 52's > (last of the flatheads) might not have had 'em from the factory, unless > deluxes haddem, but not standards. Ford did that. Thus the MG T's with > full flow filters standard were way advanced relative to contemporary > Fords, > one of the reasons why after seeing our 1st MG's, we never looked back. > Sheesh, Chevvys still had splash oiling to the rods! > > Don > TC 7993 > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >