Have you seen the drums of "equivalent oil"? The 68 to me looks like its nearly cooked...needing a Rebuild at 6k
People don’t release that the only thing keeping the pistons and rings cool is the oil! The piston it’s self doesn’t touch the liner (or it shouldn’tHave you seen the drums of "equivalent oil"? The 68 to me looks like its nearly cooked...needing a Rebuild at 6k
) so the coolant has no affect on piston temperature. If the oil isn’t cooling and lubricating the pistons and inside of the liner it’s going to get hot! Which will cause ware and a lot of it. 
I’m fairly confident they’ve both been serviced at the correct intivals, the 66 has been dealer maintained. I know the owner of the 68 is petty good with maintenance, just perhaps not in choice of oil
Engine was breathing excessively, as in it looked like a steam train coming out the breather! There was also broken rings on two cylinders, but all the bores are equally as bad for ware.
I’m fairly confident they’ve both been serviced at the correct intivals, the 66 has been dealer maintained. I know the owner of the 68 is petty good with maintenance, just perhaps not in choice of oil
I would regard it as (one of the) premium make of oil. But always get the spec and grade of oil appropriate to what is needed.
He did say but I can’t remember, it’s not one I use
He did say but I can’t remember, it’s not one I use
I’ll broach the subject when I speak to him next week, whether I start naming oil brands and accuse them of destroying engines on an open Internet forum is a different matter
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Does the plus 50 come with the green injectionI’ll broach the subject when I speak to him next week, whether I start naming oil brands and accuse them of destroying engines on an open Internet forum is a different matter
For now we’ll just say brand X isnt working as effectively as the manufacturers specified oil shall we
Furry snuff. Let’s dwell on the positive then.I’ll broach the subject when I speak to him next week, whether I start naming oil brands and accuse them of destroying engines on an open Internet forum is a different matter
For now we’ll just say brand X isnt working as effectively as the manufacturers specified oil shall we
As far as I’m aware it’s still shell, I’ll try and find out for definite though.Furry snuff. Let’s dwell on the positive then.
So who’s brewing JDs own good oil these days?
I know, anyone would think I’m on commissionDoes the plus 50 come with the green injection
(I wish), it’s just I’ve just seen a lot of engines in a sorry state over the years through people trying to save a couple of quid on a 500h service interval. Is it really worth it?