Oil Change Time.

Any decent quality 20W/50 oil should do.

On or around Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:39:47 +1200, EMB enlightened us thusly:

Uniprat "green", Morris Magnol, halfords do a traditional green one in a nice tin can.

don't be tempted to put modern thin oil in it though.

Castrol now sell a line called "Castrol Classic" that has a nice 20W50, not the cheapest, but then if you care about your engine you don't want the cheapest.

We use this at work for one of our processes that needs a reasonably viscous oil of good quality, used to use Castrol Merit, but they dropped that line :(

Lizzy

Castrol R, those were the days, I wonder if it still smells the same? :-)

Yes it does. Lovely smell.

Castor oil?

On or around Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:31:15 GMT, "GbH" enlightened us thusly:

castor-based, certainly.

and woe betide you if you use mineral-based oil in an engine designed for castor-based. It tends to wear out.

Yep, you can still smell it regularly at vintage sports car events, Prescott Hillclimb this weekend for example, Shelsley Walsh, Goodwood Revival and most of the Vintage Sports Car club events.

Yep.