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valvoline synthetic trans oil chain lube
the valvo trans oil works great from the bottle at temperatures 110 to
80 but below 80 the synth thickens. I assume cold start transmissions move slowly and generally benefit from some thickness despite the 70-140 advert. using the visual drip from a 4oz finish line epic synth oil as a viscosity standard-place nozzle to CR and spin backwards allowing for gravity flow to a gentle squeeze from a full to half full epic 4oz-just enough to get a drip drip drip as each CR tooth passes underneath the valvo then needs thinning at 85 to 70 degrees-1 to 5 thinner to synth to get the valvo up to epic viscosity. i'm seeing excellent chain wear results from valvo in a gritty environment by cleaning the chain every morning before commuting. the chain is crunchy with side plate sand. but sand appears to float on the valvo's surface over this short run/clean interval. this is good! |
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valvoline synthetic trans oil chain lube
temperatures fell into the low 80's. the valvo synth trans 'oil' was cut with thinner. and i found valvo racing synth straight 50 over at dis**** auto at $3 Qt which is like you know expletive deletd free compared to uhuhuhuh this is good and runs good so far after 5 miles anyway. i had cut the valvo synth trans oil 5/1 oil/thinner that was ok nothing out of the ordinary then the temp kept falling and I ran low so I cut the synth 2/1 and guess what happened!!! space invaders!! close. the synth trans oil ran like the uhuhuh epic in that it dried out after 6 hours in the "heat" some say the drying out is good that's what its supposed to do but i don't buy it. wet is friction less. dry is friction more. that's what drove me over to valvo synth trans. dry lube. gee, i oiled it this morning rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr so if you see the guys from FinishLine over at woolmort... buying paint thinner let us know |
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