[GreenKeys] Lubrication question.

[Nick England]

Bean Oil ! Every motorcycle and sports car racing fan knows that smell (and
blue haze).
An old British sports car with Castrol R and Lucas electrics - Crikey, what
could possibly go wrong!
Cheers,
Nick
http://www.virhistory.com/cars/Mini/Mini.jpg


On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 12:47 PM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Scott,
>
> Well link I posted shows a picture of a very modern looking bottle of
> Castrol "R" Castor Based Racing Oil and it appears to be in stock at £14.00
> a bottle.
> Its also listed as current product on the Castrol UK web site:-
>
>
> https://www.castrol.com/en_gb/united-kingdom/home/motorcycle-oil-and-fluids/
> motorcycle-speciality-products.html.html#tab_power1-r-40
> <https://www.castrol.com/en_gb/united-kingdom/home/motorcycle-oil-and-fluids/motorcycle-speciality-products.html.html#tab_power1-r-40>
>
> so it is still made , I assume its mainly for historic machines. I must
> admit I was a bit surprised to see it pop up when I googled it and yes it
> does have a distinctive aroma.
> As you say most of their product range is of course traditional mineral,
> semi-synthetic or fully synthetic oil, although of course the later two are
> normally made from "mineral oil".
>
> Dave
> G4UGM
>
>
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