by Heywood-Yablowme » Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:26 am
I don't buy it. Aerated oil is counterproductive to lubrication. Oil does not absorb air,unless agitated into a mixture. I do not see how pressurized oil entering a sealed vessel can "mix" with a pocket of air,as it is not sprayed in,or agitated once in the reservoir. I do not dispute that you were told this,however,I believe the "owner" of Masterlube is in error. When I was first having loss of air in my Masterlube,(2007) I also called,and was told the oil was absorbing oil.I asked how was this possible,as air and oil do not "mix". If anything,the incoming oil would give up any air it had picked up throughout the engine,increasing the air pocket in the Masterlube! The only time my Masterlube lost it's air "reservoir" is when the seal at the top of the canister was faulty.If it was because the oil "absorbed" oil, there would always be a measurable loss of the air reservoir during a specific time interval of operation,and this is not so. Since going to a different seal than what Masterlube supplies,my system has not lost pressure once. Not one time. As far as synthetic oil being able to hold more air, I believe that is pure horseshit as well. According to everything I have read and understand about synthetic oil,the reason it is so good at lubrication is it's very tight,precise molecular structure,allowing it to have a thousand small rollers per linear inch vs. petrol oil,which has a hundred big rollers per linear inch. That is why synthetic protects better with less viscosity as it does not have the bulk that is part of the natural structure of petroleum based oils. Synthetics can withstand much greater heat without breaking down thermally,which is a vaporization of the fluids structure. This is exactly opposite to what the owner of Masterlube would have you believe.
I don't buy it. Aerated oil is counterproductive to lubrication. Oil does not absorb air,unless agitated into a mixture. I do not see how pressurized oil entering a sealed vessel can "mix" with a pocket of air,as it is not sprayed in,or agitated once in the reservoir. I do not dispute that you were told this,however,I believe the "owner" of Masterlube is in error. When I was first having loss of air in my Masterlube,(2007) I also called,and was told the oil was absorbing oil.I asked how was this possible,as air and oil do not "mix". If anything,the incoming oil would give up any air it had picked up throughout the engine,increasing the air pocket in the Masterlube! The only time my Masterlube lost it's air "reservoir" is when the seal at the top of the canister was faulty.If it was because the oil "absorbed" oil, there would always be a measurable loss of the air reservoir during a specific time interval of operation,and this is not so. Since going to a different seal than what Masterlube supplies,my system has not lost pressure once. Not one time. As far as synthetic oil being able to hold more air, I believe that is pure horseshit as well. According to everything I have read and understand about synthetic oil,the reason it is so good at lubrication is it's very tight,precise molecular structure,allowing it to have a thousand small rollers per linear inch vs. petrol oil,which has a hundred big rollers per linear inch. That is why synthetic protects better with less viscosity as it does not have the bulk that is part of the natural structure of petroleum based oils. Synthetics can withstand much greater heat without breaking down thermally,which is a vaporization of the fluids structure. This is exactly opposite to what the owner of Masterlube would have you believe.