Posted by Jim Allen on September 02, 2009 at 05:01:05 from (209.173.160.22):
In Reply to: oil recommendations posted by mkirsch on September 01, 2009 at 05:53:09:
Yeah, you can get the MSDS, but it doesn't tell you much about what's in it. Try to get a product data sheet... you will find that much harder to do. I finally found out what was in the TSC brand THF by having it analyzed... and it wasn't much. It would serve in a short change interval, low stress situation.
The thing to remember is that these "made under contract" lubricants can be the "regular good stuff" made by a particular blender (like Sopus, who makes Shell, Pennzoil, and other well known products) or it can be a low-rent, minimum spec lubricant built for a price point. You aren't gonna know which from the MSDS! I can't speak to the particular Wal Mart THF product. Some of their "Super Tech" engine oils are decent for the money according to tests I have seen but they recently had to pay out some big bucks in fines for out-of-spec gear oils that were sold out west.
All that said, the generic "house brands" are probably as good or better lubricants than were made back in "the day" when some of our old tractors were built, so they may serve perfectly well. Even the new low-rent additives and base oils are as good or better than the poorly refined stuff of 50+ years ago. The newer the tractor, the less I trust the generics in a stressful situation, unless I have detail on what's in them, because the lubricant requirements for the newer tractors are so much more stringent.
Sorry that this doesn't answer the OP's question about water. Not an intentional hijack here!
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