Re: Anyone here adding zinc to their oil?


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Posted by scott [24.19.101.79] on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 20:32:44 :

In Reply to: Anyone here adding zinc to their oil? posted by Tim Holloway [69.54.28.229] on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 20:12:23 :

Yes, I have been in boat engines and older truck engines. The oil makers took out the zinc a few years ago. I work in the marine industry and they came out with a fc-w marine oil that has zinc in it so the rod bearings will last longer and the cam lobes. It is NOT recomended by any brand of boat engine to run a non zinc oil in them. I have seen it more than a few times that a boat gas engine just will not last as long without the zinc. A boat engine is put under heavy loads all of the time, it like going uphill all of the time.



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