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Message text written by Dennis & Sherry Armstrong
" Sometimes you will see a combination rating SL/CD this is a
combination gasoline diesel motor oil. This caused problems
with the ford 2300 in the late 70's, at that time the combination
was SE/CC. When owners of Ford Pintos of that era used that
combination, Their Camshafts would wear flat."
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Our 1979 2.3-liter Ford Pinto used Castrol's 20-50 for its entire life,
approx. 230,000 miles before we gave it away to one of those "800"
charities.
We never had any problems with the cam.
Late in its life:
Made the mistake of installing a 1600cc engine clutch once. <G>
Replaced that.
The water-cooled intake manifold developed a leak.
The gas tank rusted out due to water from condensation.
The final problem was, apparently, a burned out valve at the
230,000-mile mark.
That's when we gave it away after some 17 years of service.
I suspect the Castrol brand is produced at Chevron's Richmond facility. The
cardboard cases are manufactured in the Bay Area.
--John Kelly
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