RE: [MV] Engine oil

Dave Cole (DA_Cole@compuserve.com)
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:48:13 -0500

FWIW,

Caterpillar, the well known heavy equipment builder also makes very large=

diesel generator sets that are used as both back up units and primary pow=
er
sources. Most of their large gensets use oil prelubers, since it virtual=
ly
eliminates bearing failures. =

Dave

Message text written by Alan Bowes
>If you take things a step further, you could get an engine pre-oiler,
which =

brings oil pressure up and saturates bearing surfaces prior to starting t=
he

engine. If you really want to baby your engine, this is the way to do it.=
=

It will probably make a greater difference in long-term durabilitly than =

going to a high-quality synthetic oil.
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