G'day folks,
Starfire 4 or Opel 4? haha
I heard it is harder to cook a LPG car - something to do with the convertor vaporising.
Ahh, the Starfire 4 - what a poorly cobbled up POS that engine was!
Wrt LPG cars and coolant loss, what happens is when the coolant level gets low, the LPG vapouriser is one of the first items to 'run dry'. As it's essentially a heat exchanger, it then freezes up and cuts off the fuel supply to the motor. Which then won't run, naturally.
I've saved more than one dual fuel motor, by telling the owner that they had to check their coolant level as a matter of urgency, when it would start but not run on LPG.
Nicely compiled and well put Tyler. I personally also use the oils that are on sale from Autobarn and most often are all of the 15/40 variety.
To date, i have had no issues with any of them and as you said, "anything is better than the sludge normally found in briggs sumps."
Admittedly. i like to use a 10/30 for hondas and use monograde 30 for any briggs that may still be within the warranty period, although these types of services are far and few between.
Cheers, Ted
Agreed.
I can bring quite a bit of professional expertise to bear here [lubricant chemistry and used oil analysis background, which CyberJack can confirm - he's seen a pic of my 'certificate wall'
] .
Penrite is my go-to brand, as I've had a few discussions with their technical people, and they really do know their stuff. Their corporate culture is also much less 'bean-counter' driven than the 'seven sisters' companies - the oil industry majors such as BP, ExxonMobil, Shell et al.
What this means is, their product quality is given priority, over saving a few cents per litre in raw material costs.
