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13th March 2010, 07:58 PM #1Member
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Whats a good, general, all purpose oil?
Hi all, im running out of lubricating oil and want to know where to get more and what to look for. Im also out of threadlocker and grease, any thoughts on these would be great.
thanks in advance
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13th March 2010, 08:17 PM #2
I have used automatic transmision fluid in the past, high temp, nice and light and its a pretty colour
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13th March 2010, 08:38 PM #3Pink 10EE owner
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There is no such thing..Every oil is made for a specific job...
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13th March 2010, 09:29 PM #4China
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What .RC. said
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14th March 2010, 12:38 AM #5Dave J Guest
This was discussed last week here.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/oi...-apron-114416/
If you do a search, other threads will have info as well.
Your local auto parts will have all that you listed. Shipping on flammable stuff cost heaps so it's usually better to buy local.
Dave
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14th March 2010, 08:18 AM #6Boilermaker
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15th March 2010, 12:50 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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As the others have implied, you really have to be a bit more specific in what you want to use the oil and grease for. Lubrication is a whole field on its own.
have a look here http://www.caltex.com.au/ProductsAnd...tProducts.aspx
you have to drill down through various menu's but there is lots of info there
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15th March 2010, 05:52 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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In answer to your open question the cheapest you can find,for oil even used oil would be fine.
For grease vasoline lard fat lanolin any thing cheap.
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15th March 2010, 06:27 PM #9Member
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i found a bottle of manual transmission oil so i just used that
$7.50 for roughly a litre, seems alright to me
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15th March 2010, 06:56 PM #10Dave J Guest
If thats the 90 weight oil, it's thick and it stinks.
Dave
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15th March 2010, 07:00 PM #11Member
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well it flows quite well through a small orfice, and i cant smell it when using it
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