John, I bought some 30W non-detergent oil at Wal-Mart ("Accel" brand) a
couple years ago. I put it in my gearbox and overdrive, and shortly
thereafter the overdrive began to fail to release. I could not reverse the
car, and could not push it backwards, either, until it did eventually
release itself. Fortunately, I first discovered the problem when I tried to
push the car backwards out of the garage and not when trying to back up out
on the road.
This continued intermittently over a period of weeks until I flushed out the
Accel oil and refilled with my usual Valvoline non-detergent. No problems
at all, since. Maybe the oil wasn't the cause of the problem, but it
happened on its watch so it gets the blame.
Happy Healeying!
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Sims
Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 3:16 PM
To: Healey List
Subject: [Healeys] Oil
For those of you who can't find it, I found 30wt non detergent oil at my
local Wal-Mart today.
John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
http://www.healey6.com
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