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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6875 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	new oil war 10/11/12 at 21:37:30 heard a radio commerical some race driver uses recycled oil
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29303 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: new oil war Reply #1 - 10/11/12 at 22:07:03 Racers will use turnip juice, if you sponsor them... ... ... but,.. since I'm a recycle/repurpose fan.... cool!... ...
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Reply #2 - 10/11/12 at 22:08:26

In the late 60s we used a RE REFINED oil. I think that's what they called it. Anyway it was named Thrift and came in a metal can. So did all the others. It was around 75 cents a quart. I only used it when I was down a quart or in lawnmowers. Do you know if his is re refined, filtered, or just right out of the crankcase? I'm going to look up Thrift and see if it is still available.

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Reply #3 - 10/12/12 at 01:44:12

Re Refined oil was also quite popular in New Zealand Boofer, some large bus fleets used it exclusively as did many private motorists. I'm not sure about motor cyclists, but it would have probably served the 1950's and early 'sixties British bikes ok. It was avadable in a sereis of mono grades and BP made a multigrade in the éighties. All our used recovered oil is now burnt in an oil fired power station.

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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: new oil war Reply #4 - 10/12/12 at 02:13:56 I've read that the base-stock in motor oil doesn't actually ever go bad. Ever. It just needs to be filtered of the impurities and have the additives put back in and it's as good as new. Of course the company refining it actually has to have good equipment and use the right processes. http://www.recycleoil.org/more.html
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Midnightrider Serious Thumper Offline Alliance Member Posts: 3244 Winston Salem, NC	Re: new oil war Reply #5 - 10/12/12 at 02:50:45 Recycled refined Klotz is the best!
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Drifter Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 430	Re: new oil war Reply #6 - 10/12/12 at 04:44:33 I think pennzoil, rotella and Mobile 1 are all recycled oil...
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Reply #7 - 10/12/12 at 06:00:21

What about "sheering of the molecular long chains" ? Not that Ive seen it, but I Can watch my oil consumption on the 650 change. New Rotella 15/40 & I can ride a while w/o worry. Once I see I have to add, it will be slightly fewer miles till I need to add again, & on that way until IM seeing enough use to make me uncomfortable, usually I change oil at about 2,500 miles, not because I care what the odometer says, but because the oil use rate is sufficient to make me wonder about the physical properties of the oil.Has the constant crushing between gears changed the oil's structure? Have long chain molecules been broken?

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29303 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: new oil war Reply #8 - 10/12/12 at 10:12:36 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/12/12 at 06:00:21: What about "sheering of the molecular long chains" ? Tiny nanobots are trained to scotch tape the molecules back together... ...
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Reply #9 - 10/12/12 at 11:27:00

I think the "long molecular chains" are the Viscosity Index Improver (VII) and not part of the base stock.

One of our local museums (Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer) in Grand Island, NE, used to have an operating steam train. They went to the local service stations and acquired used motor oil to fire the boiler. There are varied stories about what happened, but the working locomotive ended up in Alaska where it is still in use, and the Museum ended up with a stationary display. All the stories agree on one thing - goodly sums of money were involved.

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Reply #10 - 10/12/12 at 16:10:10

Racers will certainly tout your turnip juice and put your logo on the car itself, but what goes in the sump is under the control of the crew chief and he is more interested in winning the race and having the engine hold together for more than just one race ....

(plus he controls what "race additives" go into the sump, not you -- read the contract you signed. One teaspoon of your turnip juice plus 99.99% of "race additives" are perfectly legal by contract)

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07s40scotty Junior Member Offline If it doesn't kill you- it makes you stronger Posts: 77 TN Gender:	Re: new oil war Reply #11 - 10/12/12 at 18:05:56 I have about 90 gallons or so of used motor oil behind my garage waiting for my sorry azz to bring it to be recycled... idk if i'd trust refined in my bike tho.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29303 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: new oil war Reply #12 - 10/12/12 at 18:46:53 Isn't this an "old oil" war?... ...
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12686 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: new oil war Reply #13 - 10/12/12 at 19:46:32 All real oil wars had something serious in contention and took place in RSD -- this seems to be a gentle "rememberance of past oil wars" .... not the real thing. Sorta like Veterans Day.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: new oil war Reply #14 - 10/12/12 at 20:03:30 Used oil,, many uses for that stuff,,Ive toyed with the OIl Fired heater idea for the shop, but that takes SO much oil,, I do use it when Im trying to get a fire going out back, a quart O diesel to get things going & a few splashes of oil & soon theres a Big Blaze,
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