Bike Forums - View Single Post - Motor oil as chain lube

04-11-07 | 08:51 AM

#47

cyccommute

Mad bike riding scientist

Joined: Nov 2004

Posts: 29,110

Likes: 6,141

From: Denver, CO

Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones

Quote:

Originally Posted by well biked

Good way to make a stinking, unneccessary mess-

And possibly burn down a house! Motor oil is a hydrocarbon and has a flash point...it's pretty high (around 450 F) but it can still be made to burn, especially if you are heating it directly on a burner. If you are going to heat it, use a double boiler so that the temperature is kept to around 200 F.

__________________
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!

Reply

0