We air gun blow Phil oil into STI pods routeenly after a solvent then Triflowing of them. The shifters seem to work well for quite a while after this treatment. I do think that the thick Phil oil does thin out a bit with the rements of the other stuff that are left inside. I had always thought that the reasons why thick/sticky lube in a freewheel or cassette was a problem was due the the pawls sitting in a pocket with a lot of surface area between the pawl and the notch it pivots in. With shift pods the ratchet pawls are pretty much in the open without any close or surrounding surfaces. Andy.