Grease is cheap compared to broken/ worn out parts.
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So is oil but people will still go 2 years on an oil change. And never learn
Iz this the new n improved grease thread ?? Fascinating and Informative 🤔🤗👍🤙🏼
LUBE LUBE and more LUBE
I'm sure T1 dated her
I'm sure T1 dated her
have to ask him how chicken grease pumps in cold weather
He pumps greasy chickens just fine.
Chickn grease for the win...
I have 82 barrels of Micky D grease Hmmm
I have 82 barrels of Micky D grease Hmmm
Moly grease was once used on the old Galaxy Lift (Hall Inc) and it was eventually changed over to Mag1 which was a food based grease - those style sheaves worked fine with that application, they had aluminum seals punched in after the bearing were changed out - I remember the mess that moly grease used to make and yes it was a major pain in the ass when it was too cold or if a bearing was bad and the grease got too warm - switching to Mag1 made our lives way easier
The other lifts sheaves were all lubed with TRC 880 - that was some good grease with the metal sparkles in it - was a pretty penny but it was great in any temps and a bad bearing didn’t get ‘as bad’ when they were ready to go - this was great for the high speed detach we put in back in 1999, the Comet Express - when those bearings go you couldn’t baby sit them for the rest of the day like you can with a fixed grip, that haul rope moves way too fast with a detach to allow the sheave to spin til the mountain closes - but regardless, that 880 was some real good stuff and if we ever had to use moly in those sheaves of the Comet lift, it would have had more down time than run time
Thanks for bringing up the moly - t’was a nice ole trip down memory lane….
That’s just something I’ll never be able to understand
Even if someone ‘only goes to the dealer’ and overpays on service - it’s better to do that rather than to not change it at all; then again most people drive the vehicles for 20k-30k miles and trade them in, and when it comes to service the dealers only care about two things - making a big profit on service and just getting the vehicle through its warranty so their attachment to it can be severed
But all that said, I just can’t wrap my head around the idea of not changing the oil, whether it’s done by the owner or the dealer or a small shop - it’s fucking ludicrous for me to even accept that there’s even anybody out there who treats their vehicle that way….
What shocks me is people who I know who are very mechanically inclined that take their vehicles in to get a oil change.
One time I sent one of our vehicle’s to get a oil change because it was due and in the middle of the winter and I didn’t feel like freezing my nut sack off. (I don’t have a heated shop to service vehicles.)
I like synthetic, so that’s what I asked for, they charged me over $100……. My Dutch ass can do the same thing for under $30. That was a hard bill to pay.
One time I sent one of our vehicle’s to get a oil change because it was due and in the middle of the winter and I didn’t feel like freezing my nut sack off. (I don’t have a heated shop to service vehicles.)
I like synthetic, so that’s what I asked for, they charged me over $100……. My Dutch ass can do the same thing for under $30. That was a hard bill to pay.
It doesn’t surprise that people flat out don’t change their oil though. I’m sure people don’t think about it.
That’s also why I don’t buy vehicles from people who I don’t know, and once I own a vehicle I’ll never get rid of it until it gets totaled out or it starts to nickel and dime me.
Two years ago I bought a Audi from a local dealership. I totaled out my wife’s car due to a stupid deer. We needed a vehicle ASAP for her.
After owning it for 2 days the oil light went on, it was 2 quarts low. I topped it off and 2 days later it was 2 quarts low again….. turned out that motor was garbage. And it was a known garbage motor.
Never again will I buy a vehicle from anyone who I don’t know.
That’s also why I don’t buy vehicles from people who I don’t know, and once I own a vehicle I’ll never get rid of it until it gets totaled out or it starts to nickel and dime me.
Two years ago I bought a Audi from a local dealership. I totaled out my wife’s car due to a stupid deer. We needed a vehicle ASAP for her.
After owning it for 2 days the oil light went on, it was 2 quarts low. I topped it off and 2 days later it was 2 quarts low again….. turned out that motor was garbage. And it was a known garbage motor.
Never again will I buy a vehicle from anyone who I don’t know.
I take my own oil (Mobil 1) and filter , it will cost me $30 or a little more to get it changed. There are no grease fittings on my car. I get it changed every 5000 miles.
Oil consumption has turned into a major problem post 2010/2012 with the over engineering that takes place in modern motors with the ridiculous EPA regulations the developers are forced to abide by - some motors are of course better than others but that whole oil consumption thing has become a major staple in these newer cars - and it’s a fucking mess across the board with most of them behaving the same way….
A lot of it is the low tension oil rings they use because they say it helps fuel economy. They have no tension so they do a real shitty job wiping oil off the cylinder walls so it gets burnt which one would think must increase emissions
If it’s pool season and I’m working 6 days per week at 70+ hours per week I’ll for sure go to the dealer or a local shop around work to have it taken care of - bout double the cost but whatever, that’s the price of it and I’d rather let a shop or a dealer profit off my money knowing my vehicle is being taken care of
Bout a month ago I went to my brothers and we changed the oil in my Suub - then a week later we changed the oil in my winter beater Nissan Sentra - was $30 for some Fram performance filter and 5 quarts of oil - I don’t mind doing it if I have the time, saving a few bucks is always nice but if I can’t get to it cuz he’s busy and the planets don’t align for he and I to get together to get it changed, then off to the dealer the car goes….
“Doesn’t have to work as hard with less friction therefore it burns less fuel”
That’s a great concept on paper for sure - but how the fuck is it helping anything when yes, they’re burning oil instead of a fuel that’s a derivative from oil - a way cleaner burning derivative at that to boot….
Make the engines effortlessly burn fuel so they in turn burn oil because that’s a cleaner solution - sounds like some bullshit the US government is in charge of handling and standardizing across the rest of the globe
Leave it to the ole USofA to set safety regulations and put cautionary measures in place to keep the tree huggers from having a hissy fit when yet all they’re doing is bullshitting the very people they’re trying to keep happy - and by doing so they’re robbing the money from the consumer in some form be it the cost of oil that needs to continually be replaced or by the grants that are given back to them each time the dealers sell a fuckin’ worthless car with a fuckin’ Pzev engine inside of it; the money all comes from the pockets of those who need to get to work- it for sure is a brilliant plan on their end to bend over the working class a little more to make sure that they’re aren’t ONLY doing all the work, but also keeping Uncle Sam’s pockets lined pristinely well while getting the rest of the planet to jump on the bandwagon with the bullshit ‘regulations’ they make up along the way….
Don't even get me started on diesel exhaust fluid saving the planet.