Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:09:16 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Acckk! My gear juice is *blue*...
Comments: To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Years ago I worked in and oil analysis laboratory with Page Industries,
at Ft. Rucker, AL. Page had the Aircraft Maintenance Contract there with
the Army  to maintain all their training aircraft and helicopters. At
 that time due to the Vietnam War hundreds of  Pilots were being put
through their paces in preparation to go to Vietnam. Thousands of
training hours were put on the helicoptors, and the Oil lab monitored
everything that had oil in it, especially transmissions that drove rotor
systems. Page also had a test program going where they hovered
helicopters in sand pits for hours, sucking sand into the engines, rotor
blades, everything. And the lab took samples from all the lube boxes and
tested, tested, tested. We go to where we were pretty good at predicting
a transmission failure. But the point of all this was that all those
transmissions, etc used synthetics for lubricant, not Dino oil.

So this sythetic lubs thing has been long in coming, and that kind of
testing proves the point. All of your jet aircraft tooday, use synthetic
lubricants due to their stability and protection from wear.
the technology has proven itself so far as synthetics are concerned.
Were it not for the fact I already have so many miles on my engine since
overhaul, I would switch to a synthetic oil for  it as well.

John Rodgers\
88 GL Driver

Bob Stevens wrote:

> I can agree with that too. I switched from dino to Redline in my '91
> Westy
> auto tranny and noticed a huge difference. Made the same switch in my '87
> manual before switching again to the Swepco. Syns are the best, I think.
> Bob
>
>
> Since changing to Redline, my tranny operation has been noticeably
> smoother
> that when it had Dino oil in it. Easier to work when cold as well. So, I
> vote for the Redline.
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
>
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