I just remembered a GM bulletin from the 80s where they warned against using 10/40 because the polymers coked up on the pistons and froze up the oil rings and wrist pins lost lubrication. I don't remember who they were pointing the finger at back then but I avoided 10/40 like the plague for decades. I haven't heard anything about that in recent years, though.


1951 3800 1-ton
"Earning its keep from the get-go"
In the DITY Gallery
1962 261 (w/cam, Fenton headers, 2 carbs, MSD ign.), SM420 & Brown-Lipe 6231A 3spd aux. trans, stock axles & brakes. Owned since 1971.