Hughesy's Tech Tip - Penrite's Vintage, Veteran & Classic Engine Oils - Part 1

Hughesy's Tech Tip -  Penrite's Vintage, Veteran & Classic Engine Oils - Part 1
Why does your hobby car need a special engine oil rather than the latest products on the market?

Modern engine oils are formulated to meet the requirements of the latest designs and also the fuel consumption and emission targets laid down by the legislators in many parts of the world.

To meet these targets the latest engine oils are very light viscosity multigrades which whilst being suitable for modern engine designs, are not suitable in earlier veteran and historic engines.

These cars were originally built with different technologies and tolerances to late model vehicle. They also spend the vast majority of their time idle. Whilst a non-working engine is not wearing itself out, unprotected surfaces such as cylinder walls, camshafts, etc can be subject to corrosion.

Modern thin oils designed to circulate quickly through an engine will drain away from the internal surfaces back to the sump leaving little protection to the parts above the oil level and therefore prone to corrosive attack.

Penrite Heritage, Shelsley and Classic oils are specially formulated to overcome this problem in two ways:

1. Incorporation of a tacky additive which makes the oil remain on the surface of the hot metal which not only provides an oil film to protect the surface from corrosion but overcomes the dry "start-up“ problem.

2. Making sure that the residual oil film has exceptional corrosion protection by means of special anti-corrosion additives in the oil formulation.

The engine is thus protected whether it is running or laid up.

Our Classic Range is now available at your local REPCO store and from all good independent automotive outlets. Find the right oil for your vehicle by clicking on the "Products" drop down menu and then clicking on "Product Selector"

Did you know that Penrite are the only company in Australia manufacturing a range of products for yester-years Veteran, Vintage, Classic and Edwardian vehicles.

Looking for more Technical Information? Please click on "Technical" at the top of the page. To talk to the Tech Team call 1300 PENRITE (M-F 7:00am - 5:30pm, Sat 8:00am - 5:00pm AEST) or email tech@penriteoil.com