Ferrari Mailing List: Re: All about oil????

[Matt Boyd (ferrari308driver]

Jeff,

I've read stuff on lower zinc levels too that really scares me on my
'39 V12 Rolls-Royce....why are you scaring me on my little old 308
now?!!  :-(  I'll try to pull out some info on the topic and will post
if I find it relevant.

-matt
'85 308

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Jeff Greenfield <coyote [at] acme-ltd.com> 
wrote:
> Not to add more confusion to the subject ... But, I've been reading
>  lately that the levels of zinc in modern motor  oils has been greatly
>  reduced or eliminated.
>
>  My understanding was that the zinc was (is?) required to protect the
>  areas of the engine where there is metal to metal such as the cams and
>  followers on the 3x8's.
>
>  Anyone know more about this?
>
>  I've read some stuff on the net that left me more confused than when I
>  started.
>
>  Jeff
>
>  Sent from my iPhone