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Old 25-08-07, 08:12 AM   #21
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Default Re: Replacement oil for a Scottoiler

I can't believe you're all so tight!!! If you get the Scottoil from a shop rather than buying it from egay and incurring postage, it's only like a fiver. Five quid, does that really break the bank?

And it works better than using engine oil IMO, certainly keeps the chain cleaner and far less cack all over your rear wheel and tyre.
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Old 25-08-07, 05:20 PM   #22
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I can't believe you're all so tight!!! If you get the Scottoil from a shop rather than buying it from egay and incurring postage, it's only like a fiver. Five quid, does that really break the bank?
It's not about the cost is it? Throw one, (now agreed perfectly useable), oil away and buy another to take it's place? That's just daft.

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And it works better than using engine oil IMO.
But it doesn't, that's the point -a 100,000 mile demonstration has irrefutably proven this to me.

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certainly keeps the chain cleaner and far less cack all over your rear wheel and tyre.
I've lost count of the times I've said this:

If you've got oil on your back wheel/tyre, indeed if there is significant fling, adjust it right.
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Old 25-08-07, 07:44 PM   #23
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Makes sense to me to use oil that's made for the job, which works well and keeps my chain clean.

For the sake of £5 and a trip to the local recycling place with my oil I can't be fussed.
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Old 25-08-07, 11:47 PM   #24
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There can’t NOT be sludge
Er...decant the oil.

Leave the container sitting overnight on top of a magnet.

For super safety filter it through a paint cone.

Personally I wouldn't bother.
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Old 26-08-07, 08:32 AM   #25
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Er...decant the oil.

Leave the container sitting overnight on top of a magnet.

For super safety filter it through a paint cone.

Personally I wouldn't bother.
The sludge isn't oil, it is the contaminates dropping out of the oil when it is at rest ... this surely is oil independent?

Yes, some sort of filtration would potentially get the larger particles back out of the oil again. Certainly leaving the pot on a shelf for a couple of weeks and then siphoning the cleaner oil off the top would get rid of most of it

From what Sid is saying the contaminates don't appear to damage the internals of the scottoiler much anyway! So the choice is yours!!
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Old 26-08-07, 09:05 AM   #26
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Yes, some sort of filtration would potentially get the larger particles back out of the oil again. Certainly leaving the pot on a shelf for a couple of weeks and then siphoning the cleaner oil off the top would get rid of most of it
This is true. 2 months back a mate was over when I was filling up my scottoiler, he noted the colour/clearness of the oil I was putting in.

"I thought you said you filled it with used engine oil"
"That is"
"Bugger me, that looks cleaner than some new oil I've put into bikes!"
"Well, I leave it to stand for at least a few weeks then decant it into this smaller container (old scottoil container with the filling attachment on top) which I use to actually fill the scottoiler up with."
"Ahhh..."

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From what Sid is saying the contaminates don't appear to damage the internals of the scottoiler much anyway! So the choice is yours!!
Indeed and it's not like your chain is normally in some sterile, hermetically sealed chamber and is highly sensitive to the slightest particle of gunk, is it? I mean, there's plenty of crap off the the road and things sticking on it (to whatever you lube it with) anyway.
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