Greetings! I have a mostly original 1960 VW Beetle with the stock 1200cc 36hp engine. I hope to restore it when I get the time; in the meantime the car is currently stored in my garage most of the time. I start it occasionally and drive it a bit to keep it loosened up. The engine was rebuilt about 10 years ago but only has a few thousand miles on it.
My question is, what oil would be good for this occasional use application? Should I worry about ZDDP levels for the camshaft? There is 10w30 Havoline in there now that is two years old and I would like to change it to avoid moisture cantamination. I have a couple of SM oils laying around that I thought would be OK:
NAPA SM GF4 5W30 (I believe it is the same as Valvoline dino)
Valvoline MaxLife Semi-synthetic SM 5w30
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Andrew S.
My question is, what oil would be good for this occasional use application? Should I worry about ZDDP levels for the camshaft? There is 10w30 Havoline in there now that is two years old and I would like to change it to avoid moisture cantamination. I have a couple of SM oils laying around that I thought would be OK:
NAPA SM GF4 5W30 (I believe it is the same as Valvoline dino)
Valvoline MaxLife Semi-synthetic SM 5w30
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Andrew S.