07-01-2023, 10:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Napa,California
Posts: 6,089
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Re: Oil change in 1940 ford coupe 221 V8 flathead, questions
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Originally Posted by SoCalCoupe
BTW, I have strong opinions about your original post too.
1. Don't drop the pan, it's a huge amount of work for questionable benefit.
2. Bring the engine up to temp before draining the oil for a change.
3. If you change the oil every thousand miles you're golden
4. Today's oils are so much better than those in the flathead era that nearly everything in the parts store is OK. The only rumor I've heard that I believe is that an oil with no additives is bad, and it's actually hard to find one.
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X2 and I use 20/40 oil.
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