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I am seriously tempted to lift out the 4LW and sell it in the UK and replace with a nice compact modern engine. But importing oil? it's a lot of hassle if it's available here.

It's difficult to tell whether the members Jenevers ( I now know where she can get oil from ) or Martyn 1 ( if CA/CB is acceptable) are still active.

 

 

 

EDIT: Sorry, le politique.

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I am seriously tempted to lift out the 4LW and sell it in the UK and replace with a nice compact modern engine. But importing oil? it's a lot of hassle if it's available here.

 

It's difficult to tell whether the members Jenevers ( I now know where she can get oil from ) or Martyn 1 ( if CA/CB is acceptable) are still active.

 

 

 

EDIT: Sorry, le politique.

 

Why would you possibly want to remove the 4LW and replace it with something modern...... That's like owning a Ferrari and then trading it in for a Lada Lol. wink.png

 

I am In Holland over the weekend and will check with a few of the old engine guys as to what oil they run them on. There are many Kromhout built Gardner's still in use there so the oil must still be available on the continent. The ideal oil would be and SAE 30 at API/CC (Stated as MIL-L-2104B). However the manuals for the LW's does also state that although obsolete at the time of writing (Manual i'm looking at is 1970) that an MIL-L2014A is suitable and that is an API/CB and basically states that if fuel oil sulphur content exceeds 0.5% then the oil will need changing as shorter intervals if using the API/CB

 

Ta

 

Martyn

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Why would you possibly want to remove the 4LW and replace it with something modern...... That's like owning a Ferrari and then trading it in for a Lada Lol. wink.png

 

I am In Holland over the weekend and will check with a few of the old engine guys as to what oil they run them on. There are many Kromhout built Gardner's still in use there so the oil must still be available on the continent. The ideal oil would be and SAE 30 at API/CC (Stated as MIL-L-2104B). However the manuals for the LW's does also state that although obsolete at the time of writing (Manual i'm looking at is 1970) that an MIL-L2014A is suitable and that is an API/CB and basically states that if fuel oil sulphur content exceeds 0.5% then the oil will need changing as shorter intervals if using the API/CB

 

Ta

 

Martyn

 

Thanks Martyn, that's very useful and I look forward to your findings. As you say, there are many such engines on the continent.

 

What I have found less of is people that care what oil they put in their engines.

incidentally it's not Ferrari versus Lada, and I understand the comparison (maybe BMW vs Skoda?) it's the size of the bloody thing and the absence of knowledgeable vintage engineers.

 

There will be another thread soon about vibration....

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The LWs are perfectly happy to run on 15W40 grade lubes as are most diesels of that age despite being non turbo (naturally aspirated), 15W40 was primarily used in turbo diesels up until modern engines were advanced in design and had to use semi and full synthetics.

 

I have used that oil in all my old petrol engined cars (mainly Fords) with no problems and know for a fact that the Castrol rally team used it in their Cosworth BDA engined Ford Escorts in the 70s/80s.

 

The British climate perfectly suits the all year round use of 15W40 grade lube according to all the manufacturers temp charts and for most makes of diesel engine.

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