engine oil in 18s

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:32 am

Give that man a prize

jim501 · Post by **jim501** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:56 am

quote:
Give that man a prize

I still have a copy, somewhere, of 'You're the one that I want' the duet she did with Arthur Mullard. Much better than the John Travolta/Olivia Newton John version.

cheers
jim

Merlin · Post by **Merlin** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:40 pm

The things people save, funny old world

Don Madden · Post by **Don Madden** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:53 pm

Back to the original thread. Has anyone tried used fish & chip oil in the oil tank? Might smell almost as good as Castrol R!

Merry Christmas! Don.

crawsue · Post by **crawsue** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:34 pm

Tried sun flower oil in a Cub back in the late sixties,'cos I was skint and ma Maw had a gallon can for the chips (and Mars bars!)Big end went after about 2 weeks....now some people may say that was an improvement.Nowadays I wake up at night in a cold sweat thinking of some recent posts about fitting external filters!Merry Christmas to you all,and many thanks for all the great (and not so great)advice over the year.

Don Madden · Post by **Don Madden** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:05 pm

So, the Cub lasted twice as long on chip oil!

I once read about some travellers in Africa in the 20's. They ran a rod bearing in their old Ford & no spares. They cut a new bearing from leather & filled the sump with green medical soap as that was all they could find.

The story goes that they did reach civilisation with the bodge.

Merry Christmas! Don.

itma · Post by **itma** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:34 pm

I once heard of someone that filled their engine with pure olive oil, turned out he was telling me a load of soft soap.

Also did know of another that ran his bike on fish and chip oil, worked OK but the bike always looked a bit battered

In vintage days Prices oil had a good smell that was nicknamed by the brylcreem boys as "huile de kipper".

I used to use elbow grease as well, but they still squeak.Edited by - itma on 24 Dec 2007 9:35:16 PM

Don Madden · Post by **Don Madden** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:41 pm

I've been topped! Good stories, Ken.

Merry Christmas! Don.