This pickup belonged to my grandfather who passed away in March of 2016. (RIP Pepaw) I have no idea when he changed the oil prior to his passing or how many miles were on it. It sat in his barn for 4 years before I pulled it out earlier this year to start restoring it. Before changing the oil and cranking it up for the first time in nearly 5 years, I decided to take a sample of this old oil to see what it looks like from just sitting. It's pretty awful as I imagined it would be.
I replaced this oil with a 50/50 blend of Havoline High Mileage Syn-Blend 5w-30 and High Performance Lubricants HP SAE 30 flush oil which I will have a VOA on probably next week through Polaris Labs.
Something else to note, this engine has 482k miles on it with the original timing parts. I just got it started for the first time since March 2016 and will be doing a compression and leakdown test on it hopefully this week.
Enjoy.
I replaced this oil with a 50/50 blend of Havoline High Mileage Syn-Blend 5w-30 and High Performance Lubricants HP SAE 30 flush oil which I will have a VOA on probably next week through Polaris Labs.
Something else to note, this engine has 482k miles on it with the original timing parts. I just got it started for the first time since March 2016 and will be doing a compression and leakdown test on it hopefully this week.
Enjoy.