That’s right up there with hitting a rock and driving with no oil.
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My ex brother in law works for a billion dollar pump company, twin screw pumps........for many things but mainly high viscous fluids like oil ......he said they spec RP in their units.
not really
Agreed. Like I said in the post, I was shocked that feed pump didn't require a new outboard bearing.
This one was a stacked centrifugal, 2800psi. The feedwater was already about 190* being pulled from the tank prior to sending to the HRSG.
yeah i am not a pump guy, but saw a 6 million dollar quote for a pump build, with barrels of an RP commercial product. twin screw will move water, but not like centrifugal per dollar. centrifugal will not move oil to good.
That is not what he is saying.........he is saying it is a fairy tale.
It's all I run in my Mazda rx-7 race car along with their gear oil.
Did not say it was a fairy tale.
A gear box filled with 90% water and an engine drained of oil and still operating are both extremely harsh environments and similar in scope. Whether it was due to the brand of oil is not determined however, since no corresponding catastrophic test was performed with a different oil.
Well it did happen & from my understanding was the reason the mechanics swore by it.
I'm not sure what type of RP oil they were using/ordering for the pumps though either. Operators just filled from a dispenser hose in the shop to a handheld container to top off any equipment we noticed was low on rounds.
People can believe what they want. I know that prior to that experience I would have thought it would be bs as well but just happened to experience it firsthand.
Yeah I feel you. Personal experience is all I have also.
Oh I get it. But you are coming from a point where the lube "could not have been" the cause or lack of cause since their was no tests to conclude otherwise, when if fact the only lube that was used was the one in question.
No, you have said in the past in similar posts and stories shared by other posters, including me, that "this is an extrapolation of out observed outcomes where the observer did not know what they were observing", absurd.
Basically saying that they are not smart enough or with understanding enough on a subject to comment on it.
And the result of which is a fishing story.
This is a clear opinion based off of no fact whatsoever, since you of course have not been around since the beginning of oil itself, and could not possibly know the validity of the "Old stories".
So a fairy tale indeed.
Reminds me of the time I did a brake job and the customer thanked me because it also fixed her radio!!
do tell. Sounds like the whack of a hammer fixed something?
Honestly no idea, total coincidence. Maybe something vibrated?
So, what's so special about RP oil? I understand their oil filters are not any special at all.
Someone will correct me if I’m wrong. I believe RP does have a high end offering of majority group 4/5. Not the stuff at Wally.
Nothing to do with the question at hand, but it seems to have been forgotten that without Royal Purple there would be no BITOG forums. The original Bob was a Royal Purple rep and he started this site. Seems like for that reason alone RP might rate a shade more respect around here.
Yes the HPS and XPR. XPR is $17/qt. They do mention high solvency in their PDS and their oils do appear to clean very well. Calumet owns them.
https://www.royalpurple.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024_Royal_Purple_Consumer_Catalog_061024.pdf
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