Re: Babbit vs detergent oils???

Posted by David Dewey on Sep. 16, 1998 at 01:58:46

In Reply to: Detergent vs. Non-Detergent Oil:Here we go again!
posted by Gordon Biggar on Sep. 15, 1998 at 19:44:35

Interesting. I'm no chemist, but isn't the bearing material in "modern" engines also babbit, just a lot less of it on a shell (except for really recent stuff, where I think the bearing material is plated to the shells)?
I know the Model T folks are pretty much sold on detergent oils for their engines, and there's LOTS of babbit there!
I do remember being told to break in the engine with non-detergent oil, then to switch to the 'regular' stuff right after break-in.
--David D.