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poliss · Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: Steam Cylinder Oil

Came accross this interesting page about steam cylinder oil while I was looking up Murder on the Orient Express.
http://tinyurl.com/5aqvun
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Even older tom · Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

Very interesting article Pol. Thanks for posting.

(One wonders how this article was returned from the search argument.

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TerryB · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject:

Hmmm ...interesting reading.
I would be interested to know exactly what viscosity "Hornby Live Steam Oil" is ....[not that I'll use anything else while the genuine article is still available] ...but if rumblings on the "Big H" forum are true,Live Steam could be phased out and along with it supplies of oil ...[and distilled water].
I still have the original bottle of oil I got with my Mallard almost four years ago [I learned early on that over-oiling leads to it being splattered all over everything] and I just add a drip from the end of the syringe every steaming ....in fact the same bottle has also lasted 12months of running my Papyrus A3 too ...so I have another unused bottle still to last me....All this from at least one "steaming" per week for allmost four years.
I'll take a guess that the oil Hornby supply is a mineral [as oposed to a synthetic "motor oil" type] ....although the viscosity is any-ones guess.

Thoughts anyone??

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Teleman · Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:35 pm Post subject:

I found it an interesting read , Chain saw oil ? cheep ? i would like to know where i pay £5 for 500ml at the garden centre and it cost even more in the hardware shop

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