[Vwdiesel] Home made penitrating oil

[Kneale Brownson]

I make it up in an old fashioned Oil squeeze can with tiny spout that I keep stoppered when not in use.  I just squeeze a little onto the bolt/nut or whatever rusted connector I'm attacking.

--- On Thu, 9/3/09, Tad <tadc at europa.com> wrote:


From: Tad <tadc at europa.com>
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Home made penitrating oil
To: "Kneale Brownson" <knealeski at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com, "William J Toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 2:55 PM


Very interesting.  So how is the mixture applied?


On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Kneale Brownson <knealeski at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I've been using that mixture for several years.  Seems to work as well as or better than any of the much more expensive penetrants I've experienced in the past (at 70, I have a fairly long past).


--- On Thu, 9/3/09, William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net> wrote:



I received this message from a good friend >

> Some of you might appreciate this. Machinist's Workshop magazine
> tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts.
>
>

> *Penetrating oil ..... Average load*
> None ...................... 516 pounds
> WD-40 ..................... 238 pounds
> PB Blaster ................ 214 pounds
> Liquid Wrench ............. 127 pounds
> Kano Kroil ................ 106 pounds
> ATF-Acetone mix..............53 pounds
>
> The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic
> transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better
> than any commercial product in this one particular test.
> Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we all now use
> it with equally good results.



_______________________________________________
Vwdiesel mailing list
Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel