Sediment in bottom of bottle?
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It's in the dark plastic bottles as well, just you cannot see it.
After shaking the bottle helps transfer that sediment into the engine, what then? Does it
1) Lie quietly on the bottom of the oil pan, or
2) End up trapped by the oil filter, or
3) Sneak right through the filter (due to small particle sizes) and grind up your bearings, or
4) Go back into solution and vanish as soon as the oil gets warm?
1) Lie quietly on the bottom of the oil pan, or
2) End up trapped by the oil filter, or
3) Sneak right through the filter (due to small particle sizes) and grind up your bearings, or
4) Go back into solution and vanish as soon as the oil gets warm?
Those bottles of oil sit around for months before you dump them into an engine.
Settles over time. Assuming you use your car/truck often, it gets stirred back up each
time you fire up engine. Stays in suspension again for weeks.
My 2¢
Settles over time. Assuming you use your car/truck often, it gets stirred back up each
time you fire up engine. Stays in suspension again for weeks.
My 2¢
Originally Posted By: CR94
After shaking the bottle helps transfer that sediment into the engine, what then? Does it
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4) Go back into solution and vanish as soon as the oil gets warm?
This is most likely since If you warm up the bottles with hot water before shaking them, you typically won't see anything at the bottom.
I do this when I use my stash of clearance pre-GTL Pennzoil Ultra quarts.
After shaking the bottle helps transfer that sediment into the engine, what then? Does it
...
4) Go back into solution and vanish as soon as the oil gets warm?
This is most likely since If you warm up the bottles with hot water before shaking them, you typically won't see anything at the bottom.
I do this when I use my stash of clearance pre-GTL Pennzoil Ultra quarts.
Most oil filters will do that, given enough time. There are posts about particle counts somewhere in the VOA and UOA areas.
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Originally Posted By: Gebo
How alarmed would you be if you saw a little dark stain in the bottom of your oil bottle after emptying it into your crankcase?
I would so alarmed I would send your whole stash to MolaKule immediately.
How alarmed would you be if you saw a little dark stain in the bottom of your oil bottle after emptying it into your crankcase?
I would so alarmed I would send your whole stash to MolaKule immediately.
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It's only important if the Moly or Boron falls out.
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Originally Posted By: Gebo
How alarmed would you be if you saw a little dark stain in the bottom of your oil bottle after emptying it into your crankcase?
I would so alarmed I would send your whole stash to MolaKule immediately.
What's your address? I have so much it will have to go LTL. Do you have a loading dock or should I send a lift gate?
Originally Posted By: Gebo
How alarmed would you be if you saw a little dark stain in the bottom of your oil bottle after emptying it into your crankcase?
I would so alarmed I would send your whole stash to MolaKule immediately.
What's your address? I have so much it will have to go LTL. Do you have a loading dock or should I send a lift gate?
Funny you mention this. I was going to post today about it. Not that it is a big deal but interesting.
I took several samples from my oil stash. I dumped quarts of oil into clear containers. Before I did I shook the stew out
of the bottles first.
After a few months all oils had additives fall to the bottom- no big deal.
However the amount of shaking to get them back into suspension was more than most would ever do. Some samples of oil
looked exactly like you see in a varnished engine. But even those mixed back in after a long shaking- over 5 minutes.
I took several samples from my oil stash. I dumped quarts of oil into clear containers. Before I did I shook the stew out
of the bottles first.
After a few months all oils had additives fall to the bottom- no big deal.
However the amount of shaking to get them back into suspension was more than most would ever do. Some samples of oil
looked exactly like you see in a varnished engine. But even those mixed back in after a long shaking- over 5 minutes.
I'm a little suspect of these threads because product falling out of suspension and the dark stain at the bottom of the bottle may not be the same thing. I use SOPUS oils and the dark(ish) stain on the bottom of the bottle has appeared often enough in new oil that I believe SOPUS when they say that this is a by-product of their production method and not additives falling out of suspension. It sure doesn't shake back into suspension if you attempt it.
Originally Posted By: DdDd
... Just because it's new oil doesn't mean there aren't contaminants in the 5 micron range.
Are they hard enough to damage critical surfaces? If not, no worries.
... Just because it's new oil doesn't mean there aren't contaminants in the 5 micron range.
Are they hard enough to damage critical surfaces? If not, no worries.
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