Not sure if this is the best place to post this, but here it goes....
My dad has an old, restored Chevy 350, 3/4 ton, long bed pickup truck that he uses daily to take his dogs running. It's a 1976 but has parts from a 74,75, and 76. In 2001, he bought a new crate engine for it, but used the heads and some other things off the original engine. He thinks it's got flat tappets, but not 100% sure on that. It does not have a catalytic converter.
Anyhow, he's been using Valvoline 20w50 syn blend car oil in it, but he's found a good deal on some 15w50 high zinc motorcycle oil, and he'd like to buy a couple cases of it so he can use it in his powersport toys and that old truck if possible. Since there's no cat on it, I can't see where it would hurt, but I'm not very knowledgeable on those old Chevys.
If there are any Chevy guys here who would know for sure, I'd sure appreciate any thoughts you might have about this.
Thank you!
My dad has an old, restored Chevy 350, 3/4 ton, long bed pickup truck that he uses daily to take his dogs running. It's a 1976 but has parts from a 74,75, and 76. In 2001, he bought a new crate engine for it, but used the heads and some other things off the original engine. He thinks it's got flat tappets, but not 100% sure on that. It does not have a catalytic converter.
Anyhow, he's been using Valvoline 20w50 syn blend car oil in it, but he's found a good deal on some 15w50 high zinc motorcycle oil, and he'd like to buy a couple cases of it so he can use it in his powersport toys and that old truck if possible. Since there's no cat on it, I can't see where it would hurt, but I'm not very knowledgeable on those old Chevys.
If there are any Chevy guys here who would know for sure, I'd sure appreciate any thoughts you might have about this.
Thank you!
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