Mechanical sin - oil

[AHPP]

It looks like JFDI again. Thanks, consultants.

 

Have you bought that lovely pickup yet, peds? 

P.S. Sailor's colour is blue. It shows up better on the screen too. He hasn't turned blue in a medical sense if that was your worry.

Edited Monday at 09:15 by AHPP

[Muddy42]

On 29/03/2025 at 18:59, AHPP said:

I gather it’s poor form to mix engine oil, certainly grades but ideally not even brands. Well I have a load of 5L oil containers with 1L of oil in them that I want to combine in a big container so I’m not tripping over so many. All 10w40 semi synthetic. As crimes go, rate this one out of ten (where 1 is it’ll be fine and 10 is instant engine death). 

 

I also use engine oil in a few of those vintage manual oil pumps.  Yes engine oil is a bit tacky, but for oiling tools, trailer hitches, pulleys or ratchet straps its fine.  Probably cheaper than WD40, which I go through gallons of otherwise.

 

Also I use it in my aux oiler for chainsaw milling.  Aux oil doesn't need to go round the bar, so anti-fling additives are not needed.  It definitely makes the cutting faster.