economist article... no bike content, but, omg, tribology!

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babba...0/11/tribology

In article ,
harvey leftover wrote:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babba...0/11/tribology

A certain amount of lubrication is necessary with modern politics.

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That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, Bingo.

YEAH well. Then there's the Fish carb...
sacrificial layer ? A SL is a chicken commits suicide after...
Castrol is known as thin 20-50
Valvo 20-50's are known as thick
"The remainder are garbage."
What they can try is idleing the motor to running temps then shut it
off and let it sit for several minutes before continuing.
And wiring shutoff to all flows ceptin the starter motor button: oil
pressure before running.
a parallel: Third Hand bearings are rated Grade 25 but these are
Chinese with a dull finish. Harris, yawl know Harris right ? has Grade
25 shine like rhodium plated flying bat radiator gauges.

On 11/7/2010 6:45 PM, kolldata aka AVOGADRO V wrote:
YEAH well. Then there's the Fish carb...

Modern fish are fuel injected.

sacrificial layer ? A SL is a chicken commits suicide after...

Fowl play?

Castrol is known as thin 20-50
Valvo 20-50's are known as thick
"The remainder are garbage."

http://jackandshaun.pbworks.com/f/1197601296/oilspill.jpg

What they can try is idleing the motor to running temps then shut it
off and let it sit for several minutes before continuing.
And wiring shutoff to all flows ceptin the starter motor button: oil
pressure before running.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y178/SouthernStarTow/DuallyBurnout2.jpg

a parallel: Third Hand bearings are rated Grade 25 but these are
Chinese with a dull finish. Harris, yawl know Harris right ? has Grade
25 shine like rhodium plated flying bat radiator gauges.

http://staticpixel.com/images/p1250044_ball_bearings_bw.jpg

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Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

while the oil article maybe other than what it first reads as I assume
there is also an oil based beef here.
Surly the US*world/China currency valuation and debt relief program
bears some detached humor.
But continuing on, I own a new 5.4 SOHC Ford V8. Modern, and modern
goes a long way from 1956 Rotella, oil speced by Ford is not up to
lubing the valve train. Synthetic oil at what ? twice the price does
the job only after the engine is fully warmed. The standard oil speced
by Ford produces excessive startup valve noise and sometimes random
startup valve noise while the synth makes the valve train purr and
tick tick tick.
Antwya, Rotella 1956 isnot Rotella 2010 nor does zinc and gear
directed molybdenum additive have much in common.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/us...s.html?_r=1&hp

On 11/7/2010 11:36 PM, kolldata aka AVOGADRO V wrote:


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/us...s.html?_r=1&hp

Well, the cheeseheads can be idiots, since Scott Walker never did
anything as Milwaukee County Executive other than let the county board
fix the messes while he postured.

On the other hand, the USian people deserve Republican Party governance.

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
This country is falling apart. People are dying. Despair is
settled upon the land. These clowns [Congress] are frigging
around for no purpose better than the enrichment of Wall
Street bankers and Connecticut insurance tycoons. There has
been no change. There is no hope. - Christopher Cooper

On 11/7/2010 11:17 PM, kolldata wrote:
while the oil article maybe other than what it first reads as I assume
there is also an oil based beef here.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So that is where hamburgers served at fast food restaurants come from.

Surly the US*world/China currency valuation and debt relief program
bears some detached humor.
But continuing on, I own a new 5.4 SOHC Ford V8. Modern, and modern
goes a long way from 1956 Rotella, oil speced by Ford is not up to
lubing the valve train. Synthetic oil at what ? twice the price does
the job only after the engine is fully warmed. The standard oil speced
by Ford produces excessive startup valve noise and sometimes random
startup valve noise while the synth makes the valve train purr and
tick tick tick.
Antwya, Rotella 1956 isnot Rotella 2010 nor does zinc and gear
directed molybdenum additive have much in common.

Better than a Chevy Express rental van I drove, that sounded like it was
going to thrash itself to pieces (at less than 2,000 miles on the odometer).

--
Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

302,000 ? Repeating immortal advice from our first LBS mechanic: 9 0f
10 new bikes are junk after a year caws there's no lubrication done.

and you know why ? I been given the worst U-Hog pigs imaginabble
7 cylinder crabs with discount. why ? caws U-Hog knew I could deal
with and tolerate it.

On 11/5/2010 9:14 AM, harvey leftover wrote:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babba...0/11/tribology

Interesting article. The lower levels of ZDDP required to avoid
premature failure of the catalytic converter have been an issue in many
engines.

You can still buy non-API certified motor oil with high levels of ZDDP,
at least in the U.S.. Amsoil has several non-API certified oils with
higher levels of ZDDP. The trade-off is shorter catalytic converter
life, though it's not like the cat fails after a few thousand miles,
you're probably looking at 75K miles versus 150-200K miles.

The oil manufacturers don't disclose their formulations, but some people
do analysis on new oil to figure it out.