Scottoiler Oil

[chickenstrip]

Does anybody here who has a Scottoiler fitted bother switching to the summer/hot weather ( ) weight oil? Is it necessary? I'm guessing not, as they only had the one weight available for quite some time before bringing out the other?
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[Itchy]

You mean red for hot and green for winter?

Wait you actually buy Scotoil rather than use say engine oil in your Scotoiler?

But yes. When I went to Spain I used green and it was all used up (and I used a ghetto made by the side of the road oil tank) by the time I got out of Santander and I switched to the red bottle I had. I could have turned it down a few notches but didn't.
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[Itchy]

[garth]

I put old engine oil or whatever I can find in mine.

Slippy stuff is slippy.
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[ADSrox0r]

The blue goop does get quite runny in the hot weather. Fortunately for this particular issue 'hot weather' in Britain is a short lived thing. I just turn mine down and keep my eye on it.
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[Northern Monkey]

85 or 90 weight gear oil is about £3 a litre and quite a lot thicker than engine oil.
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[weasley]

[Yamahampton]

I've always used the green/blue scottoil, our summers aren't that hot compared to across the Atlantic or Europe. Always used the genuine scottoil too, for £7ish a bottle and how long it lasts why try and be tight?

[b422063]

[Northern Monkey]

[Marmalade]

I put 5/30 semi synth engine oil in mine. £15 for 5 litres
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[Yamahampton]

[chickenstrip]

[weasley]

I'll take an educated stab at it. The oil flow rates that the Scotoiler will deliver depend on the viscosity of the oil. Thus their own oil will perfectly match the requirements of the unit. If you use an oil that is thinner or thicker then you will get more or less oil flow, which can cause problems either way. Since they can not be expected to try out every possible option, they will only recommend their own oil. This gives them a commercial benefit too.

Observation of the genuine Scot Oil also leads me to believe it contains a tackifying additive - this will help reduce oil fling. This is different to viscosity, it is about stickiness. Similar things are found in other chain oils (eg chainsaw, wire rope lubes etc). Gear oil and engine oil don't have these.

I'm sure you can use other stuff and work out a suitable flow rate. I use the proper stuff and have just bought my second bottle in around 5 years. My chain and sprockets haven't been changed for.... years - I don't event remember when. I gave the chain a good clean a few weeks ago and every link was free, the chain was not slack and the sprockets were in good shape. And this is using the simple, single-side dispenser onto the rear sprocket.
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[chickenstrip]

[b422063]

I use old engine old. Still on the original chain and sprockets on my bike with 28k miles on. Loads of adjustment left too.

I have hardly any fling with the flow rate set as per recommendations.

[talkToTheHat]

Kinematic viscosity at 100C does not always relate to viscosity at ambient temperatures. Engine oils have pour point modifiers and suchlike in order to facilitate winter starting. Consider one might run 10w40 as an engine oil but a straight 80 or 80w90 gear oil.

https://www.doolittleoil.com/sites/default/files/visc_0.jpg
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