Re: Switching from non-detergent engine oils

Posted by Andy Martin on August 10, 2005 at 06:04:54 from (64.219.39.195):

In Reply to: Switching from non-detergent engine oils posted by Kiernan3 on August 10, 2005 at 04:10:35:

I always switch a new tractor to non-detergent oil and never have a problem.

Detergent means the oil keeps the carbon particles and other contaminants suspended for a longer period of time than non-detergent.

It will not clean or loosen sludge in your engine. Eventually there will be some improvement in sludge, maybe, but lots of engines which have had detergent oil since new have lots of sludge.

Synthetic oil is really a waste of money, unless you work the tractor hard daily, you need to change the oil to get rid of acid and water. the engine was designed to perform well on oils which were quite inferior to modern oil.

Non-detergent oil in race cars makes a lot of sense since operating hours between changes and even between overhauls is quite low.

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