At 01:26 PM 8/17/2002 -0400, REPilfold@aol.com wrote:
>From: "Dick Rasmussen" <rasmussend@mindspring.com>
>
> > What do you mean by "top up every so often"? If you are used to modern
> > engines, any "60's or 70's vintage engine is going to seem like a real oil
> > burner
>
>But then again. I own a '71 240Z, 400K miles, original engine, a valve job
>150K ago and nothing else. It needs no topping up between 3K mile Castrol
>GTX oil changes. It is however on it's third gearbox and the dash clock
>doesn't work :-)
>
>Richard Pilfold
>To win is nice, to race is enough.
>Giancarlo Reggazoni
Maybe I should have said any "non Japanese vintage engine":-)
I owned (and used Very Hard) a 74 260Z for almost 190K miles. Similar oil
mileage to your 240 with 20W-50 GTX. No gearbox problems or clock problems.
Last I saw/heard it has well over 200K and still hasn't been rebuilt. Maybe
not even a valve job (I did replace the head gasket without getting the
head checked at all) in 1977 when it had around 60K on it. Helped a friend
with a 72 240 rebuild his at about 100K after he broke a valve (tach read
LOW). Bores looked NEW and so did the bearings! Tough cars!!!
Dick
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