Possible Castol XL30 Replacement

[Collector Inspector]

I have been chatting to one of my Old Mates about oils to mix with and the "ORIGINAL" XL came up of course.

I use Briggs 30wt oil when I want to be "Old Fashioned" as it is a straight, no additive 30wt mineral oil. Then I thought what is it?

Castrol CW30 for older Perkins diesals is what it is.

Just a possible leed for you if considering running with something more classic than CCW3 good stuff available.

Nice to mix old fashioned just to find out what was the norm so long ago...............Blue Smoke smells better I think.

Regards

C.I.

[phil]

Aeroshell W60 30wt., and Aeroshell W80 40 wt. both very low ash single weight oils. Small airport or Shell bulk dealer. Had to buy a case though. [12-1l.] Some of the older motors call for 40 wt., haven't seen any in TCW-3 around here.

[atoyot]

I use Briggs 30wt oil when I want to be "Old Fashioned" as it is a straight, no additive 30wt mineral oil........Blue Smoke smells better I think.

Using some Old School oil for a time or two to witness the effect should be sufficient. Considering the effect of dumping 30-weight motor oil into local fishing waters, I have to wonder what the long-term attraction is. That is, we're already as old-fashioned as we need to be just by using these active museum exhibits.

Users of earlier outboard engines used what they had available to them for that reason alone. Now that we have better oils and even some that are claimed to break down to some degree out in the wild, aren't these now better choices?

If people want to experience how smoky the original straight 30-weight oils were, one can just mix modern two-stroke oil more heavily and get a similar effect. As for smell, I've been adding a very short pour of castor oil into my mix and just this small amount helps to mask the usual 2-stroke oil smell.

[woodbutchergraham]

considerd this stuff for my holiday on the alpine lake expedition. Has to be worth a try?
http://www.aaoil.co.uk/environment-Aspe ... marine-oil

[pistnbroke]

have I not read that chain saw bar oil is a straight 30 ..?

[Collector Inspector]

I read somewhere that while chain bar oil was 30wt, it could be "recycled" from waste oils.........not a new product per seh.