Posted by Buzzman72 on April 19, 2011 at 18:43:21 from (74.129.194.120):
In Reply to: Engine Oil in a 53 posted by Albo5000 on April 19, 2011 at 14:33:38:
My dad bought a '61 International pickup from a guy who'd recently changed to high-detergent {Rotella] oil in the late '60's. The nxt previous owner had used the cheapest paraffin-based oil he could get, and never changed it. When the owner before Pappy switched it over to Rotella, the detergent additives must've done their job well... because all the sludge and crud that broke loose plugged up the oil pump screen and...we,, by the time Pappy bought the truck, the 266 V8 was in pieces in the bed.
That said, I think if you have the pan off for repairs, and clean both the pan and the oil pump pickup scren and tube, I think you'll have a better than even chance of having no problems whatsoever. Just change the oil as you would if you were breaking in a new engine, and after about the second change you shouldn't have to look back. And 15W40 will probably be as good as anything out there these days.
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