Yes, like the title mentioned, palm oil as engine oil. Shocked? Sceptical? Gimmicks? Unreliable Sources? Eager to try? All of perceptions comes to mind, but the last question mark is always, WHAT IF.......?
After some readings on the reviews from the forummers from www.carigold.com.my, it got on my nerves to try it out. It's not about why, but more about why not? My engine is only a 4G13p with mods under 10k. I know it's not a favourite choice among the automotive traditionalist, but, what the heck.
Now there, I've done it. see let's see how the result goes.
The engine is running smoothly, almost like I'm using a fully syntethic oil. Lighter engine means better pickup, but not that significant really. That's all about it I think. In terms of fuel consumption, I dont see any differences, maybe that fault can be addressed to my driving style. One thing that's noticeable is that the smells of cooking oil breezing in your cockpit(later I found out that there were leaks from my oil ring. No wonder). I tried going redline, still, everything seems pretty ok. hmm, too good to be true.
After 2000 plus kilometres, I sent my car to my favourite tuner (again), to do new settings (again!), and the work involved stripping out the engine head. Now, there's a chance for me to see how the internal parts are doing. Enough of the review, now let's get to business and see the real deal. (am I the first to do this?)
To my surprise, the valve is still in good state.
After some polishing.
Here's the rocker arm. And the palm oil inside (sorry if it's a bit blurry, using phone camera only).
Pistons
Carbon build up. Normal scenery on piston.
Cleaned a bit. Unfinished work yet. Sudah dibersihkan sedikit. Kerja tak selesai lagi.
Head Gasket. No leakage from there either.
Now, seems that there's nothing wrong with them yet. The parts are all still in good shape. Phew. Haven't got the chance to see how the conrod bearings are doing. So until then, no further comments for that. Hopefully this writing can be informative to others, or maybe if the supposed governing bodies that have an authorities on palm oil research notice this, hopefully you guys should do an RND for palm oil as an alternative replacement for the ever rising price tags of traditional engine lubricating oil. At least, it could ease up the burden of financial resourceto some. Gosh, vesawit should've pay me royalty for this home made RND. It's free advertising for them.
apa kata mereka selepas mengguna minyak Sawit sebagai Minyak Pelincir Enjin:
apa kata mereka selepas mengguna minyak Sawit sebagai Minyak Pelincir Enjin:
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hi sukor,Reply
i've been revving freely too, so far so good. got my 2nd oil change recently. the waste oil's colour was blackish and the viscosity seems quite a bit on the thick side. donno if it was the result of mixing with the leftover of the previous oil or it has something to do with the palm oil itself. need to wait for the next oil change to reconfirm again.
thanks for reading my blogs. feedbacks are welcomed! - 4g13, ambe dah guna lebih dari 12xxxkm. so far so good. Puas hati. 3 bulan tukar sekali. motor pun guna gakReply
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Salam,R
sedara anonymous,
good luck experiencing it. as of now, i have coneverted back to using minerals. i had fun experimenting the palm oil, now it's time to try and move on to something else(if there's any).
Encik dokaugot,
saya pun ada menjengah ke blog encik. Banyak hasil2 DIY yang diketengahkan. Satu usaha yang baik!
actually i have been using minyak kelapa sawit sri murni for my wife proton iswara for about 2 mths already. change the oil again recently. after 2nd oil change got better result. so far no problem. my friend recently try in on his mini cooper and hundai trajet. no problem also.
maybe i will try it on my mazda mpv next month.
tq
sukor