grease shelf life/usability

[cheech279]

I went to grease the spindles on my lawn mower deck and saw an ounce of oil drip out the end of my grease gun. A steady trail on the concrete before I noticed the mess. Seems like separation to me. It's general purpose Valvoline grease. My only uses are for the mower, wheelbarrow and a few fittings on my Alfa. I guess I should pitch this stuff, clean the gun and reload???

 

[Colt45ws]

Yeah, I just did that today with a tube of supertech grease. Put in a tube of the Valvoline F-L-M Moly grease. Ive read somewhere that what I was supposed to do was pull the spring back so that the grease isnt loaded while stored and I hadnt been doing that. Ill do that now.

 

[JethroBodine]

Originally Posted By: NormanBuntz
I went to grease the spindles on my lawn mower deck and saw an ounce of oil drip out the end of my grease gun. A steady trail on the concrete before I noticed the mess. Seems like separation to me. It's general purpose Valvoline grease. My only uses are for the mower, wheelbarrow and a few fittings on my Alfa. I guess I should pitch this stuff, clean the gun and reload???


No pump out a glob until you get to the good stuff....you aren't greasing the landing gear on a 747

 

[Danno]

Originally Posted By: JethroBodine
you aren't greasing the landing gear on a 747


Priceless..lol of the day

 

[tig1]

Actually this is a quality of better greases. Read this article from XM on the subject.

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/posts/2939153/

 

[demarpaint]

Originally Posted By: Danno
Originally Posted By: JethroBodine
you aren't greasing the landing gear on a 747


Priceless..lol of the day


I enjoyed that reply too.