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Have had many years ago engines like steam driven
units that used good castor oil as their engine lubricants. Some of this was fed
through adjustable sight feed lubricators to open shafts and some was in dip
pans where a ring was inserted to the centre of a bearing but of large diameter
and thus the ring was in the oil and slowly picked up the oil and dropped it to
the shafts.
A similar system was used in Comet and Southern
Cross wind pumps running on white metal bearings and or hard wood bearings. The
oil for the later being of many mixed varieties of what could be
had.
Has any one run straight castor oil as stand alone
engine oil in the sump of an engine without using any other additives? I have
used it but only in small model engines and not as a fully synthetic stand alone
in a car or SUV. Any ideas?
Doug
MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "www.hort.purdue.edu" claiming to be " http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Ricinus_communis.html Ricinus communis The toxic principle is water-soluble so is not found in the oil. It's also said to be a drying oil, the equal of tung oil, yet it has a much lower Iodine Value, though Iodine Value is quite a crude indicator of whether oils will polymerise or not and castor oil seems to be an exception. On the other hand it has a longstanding reputation of being an excellent motor oil. This is an informative website about castor oil, and biodiesel generally: http://www.castoroil.in/uses/fuel/castor_oil_fuel.html Castor Oil as Biofuel & Biodiesel - Info, WWW Resources on Castoroil as Bio-fuel, Bio-diesel Others: http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/castor.html Castorbeans http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Ricinus+communis Ricinus communis http://snipurl.com/oeiu The Hindu Business Line : Gujarat Oleo Chem bags Rs 25-cr biodiesel order from IOC Gujarat Oleo Chem bags Rs 25-cr biodiesel order from IOC Mumbai , Aug 3 http://www.tierramerica.net/2003/0526/ianalisis.shtml Energy in a Castor Bean The castor-oil plant, ricinus communis, is the best source for creating "biodiesel", say Brazilian experts. http://www.allbusiness.com/periodicals/article/278737-1.html First electricity from castor oil: Patrick Knight reports on how the biodiesel industry in Brazil is taking off. From Oils & Fats International: Nov, 2004 issue Hope this helps. Best Keith [snip]
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