Post by getsomegetsome on May 5, 2022 8:50:22 GMT
I think it’s safe to say we all love the smell of castor oil in 2 stroke engines.
Personally it’s almost addictive. I’ve alway got my fix by adding a cap full of Castol R to my fuel tank. Just as a taster.
I’ve just read an article in a MX magazine about the pros and cons of castor oil.
Cons
They said ( now these are not my words as I’m no expert . So would love to hear your opinion )is that over long periods of use it can start to stick up valves etc and it doesn’t like to be sat for long periods of time with no use.
Pros
Castor oil actually lubes the cylinder better as it doesn’t burn away so easily. Especially in the case of higher temperature / stressed race engines.
Is this common knowledge as this is kind of what I’ve heard over as long as I can remember ?
The thing is they go on to list all the different castor oils. But point out that Maximo 927 castor oil has an additive ( not sure if this is a new thing or not ) that completely removes all the cons of running a castor oil. Its no longer gets sticky and can sit for long periods. So technically it should now be cool to run in scooters.
Very interesting I thought.
So I looked it up and there are lots of reviews from people ( in mainly the MX world but also a few Vespa riders but they were all premix ) who have actually used this oil over long periods and they report that there is no sign of any stickiness at all. So does this Maximo 927 mean that we can now really put it in our scooters without any issues at all ?
Has anyone tried it ? Any thoughts ?
The reason I’m trying to educate myself on this is I’m about to build a all singing all dancing 190 BGM engine and as it’s a higher stressed engine wondered if I could run Castor oil properly . The only other query is that I’m going to run a 26 autolube carb. All the reviews were premix .So would like to be reassured that the non sticky oil will actually do what they promise and not glue up my carb ? As I like the idea of autolube over premix.
Personally it’s almost addictive. I’ve alway got my fix by adding a cap full of Castol R to my fuel tank. Just as a taster.
I’ve just read an article in a MX magazine about the pros and cons of castor oil.
Cons
They said ( now these are not my words as I’m no expert . So would love to hear your opinion )is that over long periods of use it can start to stick up valves etc and it doesn’t like to be sat for long periods of time with no use.
Pros
Castor oil actually lubes the cylinder better as it doesn’t burn away so easily. Especially in the case of higher temperature / stressed race engines.
Is this common knowledge as this is kind of what I’ve heard over as long as I can remember ?
The thing is they go on to list all the different castor oils. But point out that Maximo 927 castor oil has an additive ( not sure if this is a new thing or not ) that completely removes all the cons of running a castor oil. Its no longer gets sticky and can sit for long periods. So technically it should now be cool to run in scooters.
Very interesting I thought.
So I looked it up and there are lots of reviews from people ( in mainly the MX world but also a few Vespa riders but they were all premix ) who have actually used this oil over long periods and they report that there is no sign of any stickiness at all. So does this Maximo 927 mean that we can now really put it in our scooters without any issues at all ?
Has anyone tried it ? Any thoughts ?
The reason I’m trying to educate myself on this is I’m about to build a all singing all dancing 190 BGM engine and as it’s a higher stressed engine wondered if I could run Castor oil properly . The only other query is that I’m going to run a 26 autolube carb. All the reviews were premix .So would like to be reassured that the non sticky oil will actually do what they promise and not glue up my carb ? As I like the idea of autolube over premix.
