Re: Engine oil

Posted by BH On 2008/2/7 9:56:02

Tim -

Welcome to the forum, but beware of canned answers that come by way of the legal department of Amerikan Korporations.

While PMCC wrote some of the best service manuals for the day and recommended the best available maintenance products available at the time, technology keeps changing and many of those products are NLA.

So, we have to look for a happy medium from honest suppliers who have a genuine interest in keeping the old cars on the road - not just making a fastbuck, whilst covering their backsides.

Yet, let me digress a little. My father, a life-long mechanic, purchased an Exec hardtop, brand-new back in 1956 and put nearly 75K on the clock before he parted with the car. He put the car to the test early on in its life, when he was running up US19 (a two-line highway) one night; the clock was closing in on 120MPH, but he never knew the top speed as he was afraid to take his eyes of the road by that point. Though many have experienced oiling issues with the Packard V8, my dad never had the engine apart in that car and never heard one bit of lifter noise, either.

Meanwhile, I look forward to hearing more actual experiences from all Packard owner on their choice of motor oils these days and will report back on any news I hear in the automotive marketplace.