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Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
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Since we're talking about oil .............
I moved recently. I found enough two cycle oil to last me about twenty
years at the current rate. You know, bottles with dust and sand stuck to the oily outsides. All varieties. How long does it last? Steve |
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Since we're talking about oil .............
On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:32:15 -0700, "SteveB"
wrote: I moved recently. I found enough two cycle oil to last me about twenty years at the current rate. You know, bottles with dust and sand stuck to the oily outsides. All varieties. How long does it last? Steve About 20 million years Gunner |
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Since we're talking about oil .............
"Gunner" wrote in message ... On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:32:15 -0700, "SteveB" wrote: I moved recently. I found enough two cycle oil to last me about twenty years at the current rate. You know, bottles with dust and sand stuck to the oily outsides. All varieties. How long does it last? Steve About 20 million years Gunner Geez - I dunno. Modern motor oil is a little more than just fermented dinosaurs. Who knows what additives are going to settle or degrade or whatever? If you've opened the container, then the oil can oxidise - though granted over pretty long timescales. Volatiles can evaporate if the seal isn't good. The manufacturers quote 5 years for a sealed container at room temperature, but that's obviously for commercial reasons. In my lawnmower? No worries - but I'd filter it first. Hell - who *cares* if a lawnmower breaks down? Now if we were talking 4-stroke engine oil - that'd be different. -- Jeff R. |
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Since we're talking about oil .............
SteveB wrote:
I moved recently. I found enough two cycle oil to last me about twenty years at the current rate. You know, bottles with dust and sand stuck to the oily outsides. All varieties. How long does it last? Ummm, oil? That stuff they pump out of the ground, that used to be trees and stuff back when the dinosaurs walked the earth? I think it is a really stable molecule that is going to be around a LONG, LONG time. Now, some of the modifiers and additives might have a little less shelf life, but I wouldn't worry a great deal about it. It's just going to get burned up, anyway, after lubricating the engine for a few milliseconds. Jon |
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