[GreenKeys] Synthetic motor oil

[Jordan Spencer Cunningham]

For what it's worth, I've been using 5W-20 synthetic with good results,
though I've been doing so for less than a year. That was a tip from John
Nagle's aetherltd.com site who I know must have been using it for much
longer-- probably 5-10 years.

I just dug up the conversation re:0-20 in my email archive, and it was John
as well who confirmed that should work fine. I quote:

"Yes. Whatever you use, it can't have any heavy fractions, or when
it evaporates, gunk will be left behind and will jam the machine.
Cleaning that up can take weeks of disassembling, cleaning, and
adjusting. Full synthetic motor oil is all one molecular weight.
No heavy fractions."

I remember others mentioning the same thing about full synthetic being a
single molecular weight, thus evaporating out evenly and not leaving behind
gunk like other oils.

I don't pretend to be an expert, but the science makes sense to me.

On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 6:09 PM, <hwhall at compuserve.com> wrote:

> I had asked whether my recollection about 0-20 synthetic was right.
> Someone said yes, but they also said they had used 5W-20 synthetic.
>
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
> To: greenkeys <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thu, May 3, 2018 6:00 pm
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Synthetic motor oil
>
> There was a fully synthetic motor oil and weight recommended but I can't
> find it in the archives can somebody either refer me to the message or just
> restate it
>
> -pete
> ______________________________________________________________
> GreenKeys mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net?>
>
> 2002-to-present greenkeys archive: http://mailman.qth.net/piperma
> il/greenkeys/
> 1998-to-2001 greenkeys archive: http://mailman.qth.net/archive
> /greenkeys/greenkeys.html
> Randy Guttery's 2001-to-2009 GreenKeys Search Tool:
> http://comcents.com/tty/greenkeyssearch.html
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> GreenKeys mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
>
> 2002-to-present greenkeys archive: http://mailman.qth.net/piperma
> il/greenkeys/
> 1998-to-2001 <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/greenkeys/1998-to-2001>
> greenkeys archive: http://mailman.qth.net/archive/greenkeys/greenkeys.html
> Randy Guttery's 2001-to-2009 GreenKeys Search Tool:
> http://comcents.com/tty/greenkeyssearch.html
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/greenkeys/attachments/20180503/c3235055/attachment.html>