I own half of a CNC machining shop. We make hundreds of parts for military aircraft a month...................
So we did. Parts made on our machines are done almost totally submerged. It didn’t take long to realize the tools were running cooler and lasting longer on those two machines than on the other 3. The finish on the parts was also better.
I don’t even change my own oil - I leave that to the mechanics.
What do I use in my Cummins 6bt? Delo because that’s what the installing dealer recommends.
Mike
Believe me Marin, It's less. I'm not the only one who has said that too. Other owners who changed said the same thing.
Marin is right.
Oh gosh! Did I say that out loud?
I guess it wouldn't work on aluminum ?
I have a hard time thinking of oil as being magnetic.
Not for long! One of the real joys I get out of boating is using my boat as a test bed for products that show promise. Synthetic oil is such a prodct and will be in SeaHorse by this time next year.Nobody uses it and I am the lone wolf here.
Not a problem, I like this forum and I hope to find friends here.
"this time next year"?
Don't get in a rush Walt.
This is getting funny. Now I'm told I don't know what I see and what I see isn't what I think.
It must be my Lying eyes....damn it!
I started boating in June of 1983. I was shown the proper steps by a seasoned boater on start up procedures and I have stuck with that ever since. After the engine fires up, I always go to the transom and watch the water. I watch the exhaust, I look at the flow, the color and it's not a glance. There is a lot to learn there. I have wet elbows, is the water flowing correctly. Is there rust or lack of flow. You get the picture.
I started this so I could talk to other synthetic users, not to convince anyone to use it. I get the picture. Nobody uses it and I am the lone wolf here.
Not a problem, I like this forum and I hope to find friends here.
I love it!! What can I say? It's like a family reunion where the cousins aunts and uncles come from afar and push all the buttons.
Don't worry, I have thick skin, well not on my arms anyway.
I never said the sheen was anything but fuel. I know the sheen is fuel. It can get there for many reasons and one of them is a lower compression causing an incomplete burn. That's why when the engine warns and the rings expand it lessens.
Marin I think I was the one that theorized that low compression was the cause of unburnt fuel and the sheen. Just groping for a reason.
Post #243. It's "very simple" until you factor in the synthetic oil. If that's the only apparent variable it dosn't mean another indirect variable can't bring about the change. What changes when the synthetic oil is introduced? Ther're probably are many changes most too in sequential to measure but several could be responsible for subtle changes like what Capthead observed. As soon as a change is made ther'e may not be but ther'e may and quite likely a domino effect of many changes so to write off the syn oil effect dosn't give much credit to the original poster or the scientific method. Now since the lack of compression causes the fuel sheen it seems to me that the syn oil just MAY have something to do w it. There are many Dino oil additives that are supposed to increase compression so do you think possibly syn could do that?
Now since the lack of compression causes the fuel sheen it seems to me that the syn oil just MAY have something to do w it. There are many Dino oil additives that are supposed to increase compression so do you think possibly syn could do that?
Now since the lack of compression causes the fuel sheen.....
Ron, it's not so much a magnet as positively charged oil molecules, which are then in turn attracted to the negatively charged engine metal, (the negative terminal of the batts are connected to the engine block, right), ..............
Walt this is a "compression" engine. The heat caused by compression burns the fuel.