Re: Cats and Oil

[Todd Young <tyoung@wamnet.com>]

Michael Bradley wrote:

> I have a 94 90 Q with about 34 K miles. In August I replaced my LHS cat as
> it
> fragnmented and clogged up the works. Last week  the RHS  went. When I asked
> the dealer what was the cause he said it was an oil problem. The dealer has
> used
> Castrol GTX (as I have for years). Apparently it contains  a zinc compound
> that
> is hard on certain cats. He has switched to Castrol RX. Apparently Castrol
> is not
> unique here as any number of other SE grade brands also contain the
> same compound.  I have used Castrol GTX for yearts in other cars and never
> experienced a problem.
>
> Anybody with similar information?

 Interesting piece of info. Is this zinc compound listed on the bottle as an
additive, or is it just a nice little surpise you get when your cats fail?

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