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Wild_Bill Wild_Bill is offline
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Default 3 in 1 oil sucks

About the only plastic bottle that I've found handy to put oil in, is the
oom Spout bottle with the extension tube in the cap tip.

I've had one of these for a couple of decades, which usually has ordinary
engine/motor oil in it.
I've used one in the past for just dispensing air tool oil.
The threaded portion of the cap can become weak with time, but putting a
metal band around the threaded portion (or even a miniature hose clamp) to
keep the thread diameter from expanding.

I recently found some of these bottles at a Ollie's discount/clearance
store, filled with Pennzoil Pennzbell oil in it (bright yellow bottle, hard
to missplace). This oil seems to be a very good all purpose oil, and I've
been oiling fractional HP electric motor bushing-type bearings with it, with
no problems.

The zoom spouts have proven to be a really useful feature over the years.

WB
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"Cydrome Leader" wrote in message
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I just had another plastic "can" of 3 in 1 oil explode all over the place
when trying to get the ****ty plastic red cap off.

The entire red top came off, not the small cap. This isn't the first time.

Their oil can "looking" plastic containers are utter **** as well. They
leak when you don't want them to, and when you need oil, basically nothing
comes out.

The garbage packaging is why I will no longer but this stuff.

so, who still sells oil in metal cans these days, even it has to be mail
ordered?



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