<VV> Corvair Oil - Slippery Logic/Diesel Oil

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

Oils for diesel engines have extra additives to better control the  
soot/carbon that builds up so much in a CI engine.  When we had our  diesel I 
occasionally used diesel oil in my daily driver Corvairs with no  problems.  When 
they were driven every day back then the oil got changed  every three 
months so I can't claim any real benefits from using diesel oil,  but, in my 
experience, it didn't harm the engines--one went about 200K and the  other is 
still running well.
 
Bob Hall
Group Corvair
Corvanatics
CORSA
 
In a message dated 3/8/2011 11:02:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
Sethracer at aol.com writes:

In a  message dated 3/8/2011 5:42:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,   
thesuperscribe at yahoo.com writes:

C series  oils are designed  for compression-ignition  (diesel) engines. 
Why 
would  
you  want to use them in a spark-ignition engine? 

--Tom in   Ohio





Old Hotrodders's Motto: "If some is good, more is  better, too much is  
just 
right!"

Diesels are  perceived  as tougher on oil, therefore, the oil must be  
better. 

This  is  perception -reality or not! 

Or maybe  their cars are  dieseling when they shut them off, so . . . . . . 
.



Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! -  Corvair, Camaro, Corvette
San Jose,  CA