farmallhal said: (quoted from post at 15:31:56 11/09/09) Rusty, I been thinking about using 15W-40 diesel engine oil in my old letter series Farmalls. I've seen a couple of posts here on the forum with thoughts in that direction and also have had some discussions with local folks on the matter as well. I've heard that zinc or some other element which these older engines like has been removed from all the gasoline automotive oils. Up until this point I have always just used a straight weight oil like 20W or 30W as recommended in the owners manual. I would be interested in your thoughts on this matter. My email is open if you want to respond off the forum - thanks for your comments, Hal.
Hal, when I first researched oil, time and time again YT members told me that the zinc in the 15w-40 was what these old engines needed. So that's what I put in my H.
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