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Re: [Healeys] synthetic or oil additives

To: Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] synthetic or oil additives
From: Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 08:39:17 -0700
Jeez, try and keep up.
The rum is a fuel additive, the shampoo and coke go in the crankcase, you
wash your hair with drain oil, and drink the gasoline.
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey@gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok.
> This is getting confusing...
> Is it OK with you guys if I just continue to put engine oil (Penrite hpr40)
> in my Healey; put Rum (Inner Circle) in my coke; and use shampoo (whichever
> one my lovely hairdresser girlfriend gets me) to wash my hair?
> ;-)
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On 04/08/2010, at 12:58 AM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Hoo boy.  If a little knowledge is a bad thing, a little science is a
>> tarrible thing (as Charles Barkley would say).
>>
>> Amsoil is really reaching here (another reason I prefer Redline).  My
>> guess is a lot of the aftermarket products have ZDDP in them, which is a
>> compound of zinc, phosphorous and oxygen.  The Amsoil argument seems to be:
>>
>> 1) Head&Shoulders has zinc in it (the active ingredient is a zinc
>> compound).  You wouldn't put Head&Shoulders in your engine, would you dummy?
>>
>> 2) Coke has phosphoric acid in it, phosphoric acid is made with
>> phosphorous, you wouldn't put Coke in your engine, would you,  idiot (as an
>> aside, phosphoric acid will dissolve rust--it's the active ingredient in
>> Naval Jelly--which is why Coke is sometimes recommended for rust removal)?
>>
>> ZDDP is a very specialized compound, with a proven track record for
>> protecting against metal on metal contact.  Both the zinc and phosphorous
>> are required in an exact formulation--putting both Coke and H&S in your
>> engine will not accomplish the same result (and would make you, well, a
>> dummy).
>>
>> Now, whether you think the reduction/removal of ZDDP in engine oil is a
>> crisis or not is another topic we've beaten to death.
>>
>>
>> bs
>>
>>
>> Richard Ewald wrote:
>>
>>> You can always rely on Amsoil for a laugh.
>>> What is high potency zinc?
>>> How is Head and Shoulders like Coke?
>>> Coke has zinc in it?  Who knew?
>>> <grin>
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