susandiane
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My dad had a 1952 Chevy coupe that he turned over 100,000 miles on the factory engine without overhaul or even valve job. He never drove anything "easy" from a horse to a vehicle. Shortly after the "turn
over", Standard Oil came out with their 1st detergent oil. He could see the advantages in that and began using it in the car and '47 Chevy truck right away. The detergent did exactly what it was supposed to
do and cleaned up those engines proper. It also ate out the carbon that was holding the piston rings to the cylinder walls and then, as he ruefully said, "you couldn't carry oil to them fast enough". A lot
of oil-timers passed the non-detergent bug onto their kids like me and I shied away from "new" oils in the old tractors. The stuff got expensive here and I switched to detergent multi-viscosity for the engine
and power-trol with no issues of any sort. 'Course the engine had been overhauled 37 years ago, which is like yesterday for a 2-jug.
over", Standard Oil came out with their 1st detergent oil. He could see the advantages in that and began using it in the car and '47 Chevy truck right away. The detergent did exactly what it was supposed to
do and cleaned up those engines proper. It also ate out the carbon that was holding the piston rings to the cylinder walls and then, as he ruefully said, "you couldn't carry oil to them fast enough". A lot
of oil-timers passed the non-detergent bug onto their kids like me and I shied away from "new" oils in the old tractors. The stuff got expensive here and I switched to detergent multi-viscosity for the engine
and power-trol with no issues of any sort. 'Course the engine had been overhauled 37 years ago, which is like yesterday for a 2-jug.