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I was curious, has anyone used or have an opinion on Lucas Hot Rod oil with zinc in a flathead motor? Thanks

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Give this a watch and see about oils marketed for vintage cars:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3uXSI9wQv8

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Save us all some pain and do a little research on your own. It’s too easy. This has been covered numerous times.

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Excuse me for asking.

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GOOD STUFF! IT WORKS!

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My only opinion is that easy to get NAPA oil sure seems to work well in everything.

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Any modern oil is better than what these engines had originally. If you think you need "Zinc" Kendall GT-1 is the way I go.

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Yes sir, the key phrase being "if you think you need".
You don't, not a stock flathead.

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Except for non-detergent. I hate to be a broken record, but there are still some out there that think it is OK because it was what was available "back in the day".

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Discussions of oils always creates controversy. Keep in mind - today's oils are so much better than what was available years ago.

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Very good point!

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For me, it's 10-30 non detergent, and I add Zinc.

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Where can you find 10-30 non-detergent oil?!

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Why do you want to screw around looking for some special oil, like Gene1949 says, go to Walmart and buy 20-50 GTX as I do the same as he does and I have never had any problems either. You can go to any auto parts store and get the same oil as GTX. Keep it simple.

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But... You can always use any leftover non-detergent in you air compressor.:D

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Autozone, Oreilly's, NAPA. etc. Non detergent oil is easy to find.

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Perhaps it shouldn't be.:rolleyes:

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I bought some once for a break in, seemed to work pretty well, didn't leave it too long.

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you put detergent in your washer when you clean your dirty shop clothes. ? ?