At 02:21 PM 05/02/01 -0500, Salty wrote:
>In a message dated 01-02-05 10:05:01 EST, you write:
>
>While at DH01, which many of you
>attended, there was supplied steam oil. I noticed that there were a number
>of bottles of the dark very thick stuff as well as some that was lighter in
>color (light yellow and clear) on the tables also labled steam oil. I never
>did figure out what the difference was other than the lighter/ thinner stuff
>looked and felt more like heavy machine oil. I did not use any as I was a
>little reluctant to use the light weight stuff. Any one have any idea what
>that light stuff or was it a mislabled bottle of machine oil?
Steam oil comes in a variety of weights, just like motor oil. The lighter
stuff is best in small, light weight engines.
pf