>Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 10:52:48 -0500
>To: <ptegler@cablespeed.com>
>From: Jon McLeroy <jfm@spyderinternet.com>
>Subject: Re: crazy oil pressure
>Cc: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net
>
>Hi Paul and Other Spit owners
>
>After reading your problem below and then other responses I just have to
>put in my .02 worth.
>
>I sell only Penrite Oil products for Classic, Vintage and Veteran cars,
>motorcycles and other machinery.
>
>To keep this short I will quote from the Penrite web site www.penrite.co.uk.
>
>
>>Modern lubricants do not necessarily suit older vehicles. They are often
>>too thin and the additive packagesemployed have been chosen to suit
>>todays advanced engineering and materials, not those employed in the
>>design and manufacture of the vehicles of earlier years.
>>
>>
>>
>>Penrite oils are blended from high quality base stocks combined with
>>selected additives to give the best possible performance. Increased
>>engine protection, high oil pressure and reduced consumption, plus
>>avoidance of gummingand sludge deposits result.
>
>>The Penrite philosophy of meeting original requirements using modern
>>technology extends across a wide range of lubricants from engine oils for
>>vehicles of all ages, to various transmission and steering box oils, to
>>specially formulated chassis greases for veterans.
>
>If you would like a brochure packet and other information about Penrite
>Products please let me have your mailing address and I will be happy to
>mail you a packet
>
>Thank you for you time.
>
>Have a great up coming 4th and God Bless.
>Jon
>
>Classic Auto Lubes
>12803 CR 1222
>Tyler, Tx 75709
>Ph: 903-561-4858
>Fax: 903-561-7177
>Email: jfm@spyderinternet.com
>www.classicautolubes.com
>
>At 07:10 PM 6/26/04 -0400, you wrote:
>>Now this is weird. I've always used Castrol 20/50
>>in all my LBC's. I had just changed the oil prior to
>>the Carlisle Import Show trip.
>>
>>On the way home from Carlisle...we (Gail and I)
>>noticed the oil pressure was a bit low. Warm, it
>>was max'ing out 40 psi. And yet at an idle, it never
>>really went below 20psi.
>>
>>I was beginning to believe maybe my oil pump had taken
>>a nose dive. So today, I put in a fresh supply of
>>Mobil 1 15/50. Wow! Now considering the old 20/50
>>Castrol had less than 150 miles on it.... why would
>>the Mobil 1 push my pressure right back up to the
>>80-90psi range cold?
>>Right out of the bottle, the M.1. 'swishes' around as if
>>it's thinner than what came out of the crankcase.
>>
>>...stumped here....
>>
>>Paul Tegler
>>ptegler@cablespeed.com
>>www.teglerizer.com
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