Camshaft failures in older sports cars in the US : reason : new gen. engine oils? >>>
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It seems many older sports cars ( e.g., Lotus Esprit and so on of the 1980s) have suffered from camshaft failures, sometimes within a few hundred miles of new engine build.
This article sourced from The Economist* (latest edition) attempts to explain. The source of the problem seems to be the low viscosity modern engine oils. Makes fascinating reading.
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