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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4164 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #15 - Jul 29^th, 2019 at 11:39pm	Print Post
	The only problem with this thread is that nobody has said where the stuff is available. Castrol quit selling Type R oil over 20 years ago if my local distributor is to be believed. Froggie


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #16 - Jul 29^th, 2019 at 11:47pm	Print Post
	Klotz BeNOL. Still available. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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oughtsix Global Moderator ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 1362 Location: Columbus Joined: May 31^st, 2009	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #17 - Aug 7^th, 2019 at 10:32pm	Print Post
	Castor oil should be available at your local pharmacy, just look in laxative aisle. Tried it in a lube, once, but other components failed (soap flakes), and threw the batch out. ..06

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #18 - Aug 7^th, 2019 at 11:00pm	Print Post
	That brings back a memory - as a teener I used drugstore castor oil to lubricate rubber motors for my model airplanes. It isn't "de-gummed", (whatever that means) so it wasn't good for mixing fuel when I graduated to infernal combustion engines, but that might not matter for bullet lube.

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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 828 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #19 - Aug 7^th, 2019 at 11:16pm	Print Post
	Most of my home brew lubes contain castor oil in varying quantities. Check Dollar stores..they usually have it in small bottles.


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Red Cent Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 316 Location: Benton, KY byway of WV, VA, NC Joined: Dec 25^th, 2016	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #20 - Aug 8^th, 2019 at 9:04am	Print Post
	(You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) 22-5-40 Are you concerned about the buildup? As stated, my son was told that n doing a rebuild the build up had to be milled off the internal parts of the motor where clearance could be an issue.

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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #21 - Aug 8^th, 2019 at 9:26am	Print Post
	Klotz BeNOL is a LOT cheaper. $8.60 for 16 oz. vs. $9.99 for just 2 oz. Ash buildup on piston crowns is always a problem when running castor, be it premix in two-strokes or in the crankcase of four-strokes. If left too long it leads to pre-ignition and/or detonation. Bigger problem though is carbon buildup in the ring grooves. Stuck rings promptly caused piston seizures in the two-strokes. That's why I used Super Techniplate instead of BeNOL in my race engines. In any event there wasn't any milling involved in decarbonizing the engines.

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4473 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #22 - Aug 8^th, 2019 at 10:10am	Print Post
	Seems like in the long ago and far away I may remember someone pouring a little Coca-Cola in the carb to knock the carbon off.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3975 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #23 - Aug 8^th, 2019 at 11:23am	Print Post
	oneatatime, around here, we drank the Coke (or beer) and then filled the bottle with plain ol' water to do the decarb through the carburetor. Always on your granny's car- it was carboned up. Your own was always kept rigorously free of carbon by running at high speed and 'blowing it out' at each new opportunity.


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craigd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2058 Location: midwest Joined: Feb 22^nd, 2009	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #24 - Aug 8^th, 2019 at 6:43pm	Print Post
	Boy can I remember those days of carboned up detonating two strokes. I don’t know if it helped, but I used to do the occasional water trickle down the carb. Am I ever thankful there was a time before rice rockets.


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.22-5-40 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 828 Joined: Feb 13^th, 2010	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #25 - Aug 8^th, 2019 at 9:59pm	Print Post
	Buildup? I've been using USP grade castor oil in my lubes for both black & smokeless since very early 90's and have yet to see any type of buildup or lube fouling.


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uscra112 Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4079 Location: Switzerland of Ohio Joined: May 7^th, 2007	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #26 - Aug 9^th, 2019 at 12:04am	Print Post
	That's the test. At, say, 5000 RPM average, a race engine run for 20 minutes = 100,000 shots!

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ratseye Full Member Offline Posts: 202 Location: Eastern, PA Joined: Feb 28^th, 2017	Re: Castor bean oil Reply #27 - Aug 9^th, 2019 at 2:01pm	Print Post
	I buy castor oil at Wal-Mart. It's cheap there. Use beeswax, castor oil and lanolin for bullet lube. Used Golden Spectro in the two stroke RD 400. ratseye


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