grease vs oil for door hinges

[JHZR2]

Hello,

Oil is recommended for the door hinges on my MB cars. The hings has a small grease point, and the tip of an oil can or a good grease gun coupling, or a chainsaw greasing tool will all work.

Lots of folks put grease in versus oil. Oil is the spec fluid.

Are there pros/cons to using grease or oil? My thought is that as the lube dries of of the grease base, you get a lot of junk in the hinge that isnt lubricating. Using oil means it always stays clean.

Is that accurate? Trying to figure what to use... may try lubromoly even perhaps dosed with some extra MoS2

 

[XS650]

That sounds like a good application for oil with teflon in an aerosol can. Use the little plastic tube that comes with the can to put a shot in the hinge.

 

[JHZR2]

I was thinking of a heavier oil... why do you think teflon would be good in there?

 

[Kestas]

Teflon is a good solid lube, and not as dark as MoS2.
Oil flows and seeps... not so much with grease.
Compared with grease, oil needs to be relubed more often.
Both lubes oxidize. There may be some truth that with oil lube you won't get the hardened grease that I've seen on all of my old cars.

 

[XS650]

Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I was thinking of a heavier oil... why do you think teflon would be good in there?


It makes a nice lube for steel on steel hinges.

Although, for all I know old Mercedes used roller bearings in their door hinges

I also like the idea of a blast of lubricant helping rinse out the old stuff, which is why I suggested an aerosol can't to insert the lubricant.

Whatever you do, if you lube your door hinges with anything reasonable, you will be ahead of 99% of the population.

 

[demarpaint]

I've used both oil and grease. Oil needs to be done more often, grease collects all kinds for dirt and junk. I think I'm going to stick to oil, and do it more often. JMO

 

[gonzo]

Heavy duty silicone spray?

 

[KrisZ]

I used to use white grease, but on my black car it looked horrible and attracted a lot of dust. When I tried to clean the mess up, it seemed like I removed it all and no grease got worked into the hinge itself where it is needed.

I found that chain lube in a can works really well for me, I just blast it on the hinge to remove the old stuff and after couple of days I wipe off the estra oil, but I can clearly see that lube crept into the hinge. I do it once a year, seems to work fine.

 

[NHHEMI]

This product works great on hinges( auto, marine, exterior home, etc... ). I know I am the resident RP pimp(

)so some tune me out when I mention their products but it truly does work great and it lasts a long time for an aerosol as well. I use it in my boat all the time and it even holds up to the extremes of the saltwater winter environment I use it in. Started using it on all the exterior door hinges on the houses we build because it works so well. Just something to consider...

http://www.royalpurple.com/protect-parts-o.html

 

[dsmith41]

I'll add another great product to the discussion. Schaeffer's Pentro 90. Awesome stuff!

http://www.schaefferoil.com/specialty/190_Penetro.html