Royal Purple......MELTING???

[OAS]

Just greased up the ol' '97 Cherokee in the driveway.
NewMexico afternoon about 100 degrees.
Ive used RoyalPurple grease before, in the swingarm of my dirtbike. Checked it a year later and still in there and in good shape.
But.........
I bought a cartridge of it for my greasegun to use in the cars.
And whilst laying on my trusty sheet of cardboard noticed something running down my arm while pumping the grease in.
Running out of the bottom of the grease gun!
Something.....PURPLE?!?!?
Like the oil was seperating from the grease?!
Didnt notice until i was greasing the last fitting, so its already in there.
And granted the gun is stored in a shed thats probably about 120 degrees inside....

But my question is: is this normal?? dont recall this hapening with the slick50 grease i used to use.

2nd question: if this is indeed ABnormal, should i get something else in there, like quickly or what??
Or am i just overreacting?

Reason i used it is it seemed to work really good in the bikes and its aluminum based so its waterproof, and the Jeep sees lots of watercrossings when i go wheeling in the Colorado mountains.

Opininions?

 

[Steve S]

That is some what normal for some greases to seperate. Grease is oil and some kind of thickener. All yuo can do is to pull the thingie that puts pressure on the grease and lock it back during storage. I hate when the seperation happens.

 

[daman]

Most all greases will separate(oil drip), just nature of the beast.

I've used allot of grease in my day and they ALL have dripped,nothing to worry about.

 

[EricF]

not to cause a flame war..
but the tube of lucas grease leaks almost all year long vs. the synpower grease which has been in the gun for a year and hasn't dripped at all..

Just saying...

 

[SuperDave456]

For some reason some brands/tubes drip or leak more than others.

I haven't seen or heard any reasons why.
I guess it is just the heavier components setteling and the oily part being pushed out of the gun.

I have had the issue with 3 different brands, and I have also opened up 30 year old grease guns, my grandfather's, to find a 3" thick cake of hard old dried up grease.

 

[carroll7645]

The grease is not melting, just seperating which is common for some. I use TRC grease which has zero seperation and it's quite easy to get used to. If I had to switch grease though, I would give Royal Purple a try, the specs on it are fantastic.

 

[OVERKILL]

I've had Mobil 1 grease as well as the Petro Canada grease separate a bit. I wouldn't be worried about it.

 

[tig1]

I worked in a machine shop for years and I've seen all types of grease drip oil, especially if pressure is left on the gun when not in use. That doesn't affect the quality of the grease at all.

 

[OAS]

Thanks all.

But it seems a shame to lose all that oil out of the thickener.
The grease coming out of the outlet seemed fine.
Just worried that i might have been filling up the baljoint with thickener instead of grease!
I bet it left a 2 inch puddle on the driveway.... >:-/

Thought i got a good deal at $8 and figured i'd give it a shot.

 

[occity79]

Per the Schaeffer's grease website-
Some oil separation is good as it ensures immediate lubrication of the parts until normal operating temps are reached.

 

[bruce381]

greases that are in compatible will de gel and run if changeing gresae type or brand always purge any old grease from bushing if you can to avoid this otherwise grease it a few times till the old stuff is gone.

bruce