Shimano mineral oil viscosity

[BLACKvoodoo]

Does anybody know what the viscosity is?

[BLACKvoodoo]

OK......... can anybody tell me the number on the bottle?

[patches]

Which number? Customer care? Or the number of a doctor in case you injest some?

 

ok, ok... As far as I know, brake mineral oil is 10wt. Can go as low as 5wt. But 10 seems to be the max.

 

http://www.peterverdone.com/archive/bikemineraloil.htm

[Johan Bornman]

Patches, write to Castrol locally and ask them for the data sheet on Castrol LHM Mineral oil. They have to send it to you by law - it is probably on the website anyway. That is exactly the same as Shimano's and you'll have your answer.

 

In the hydraulic oil business the W in 10W or 5W means nothing. It is a bit like small, medium and large. Not defined. Viscosity is indicated in centistats at a given temperature.

[Rooi Vlam]

The viscosity should be around about 18sCT@40C. This is the same as Castrol LHM Plus fluid. The castrol is just much cheaper to buy.

[Meezo]

The viscosity should be around about 18sCT@40C. This is the same as Castrol LHM Plus fluid. The castrol is just much cheaper to buy.

 

struggling to find in CPT

[RyanD]

Buy the Shimano oil in 500ml. It's much cheaper and will last you forever.

[Bobbo_SA]

The viscosity should be around about 18sCT@40C. This is the same as Castrol LHM Plus fluid. The castrol is just much cheaper to buy.

 

Wow, talk about digging in bikehub archives, I nearly thought JB was back...

[fanievb]

struggling to find in CPT

 

midas

[fanievb]

Buy the Shimano oil in 500ml. It's much cheaper and will last you forever.

 

one litre of Castrol is R139 how is the shimano oil cheaper?

[RyanD]

Relative to buying the shimano oil in the little bottles. The castrol at that price is the cheaper option by far. I just like to keep things original.

Edited April 15, 2016 by RyanD

[Meezo]

midas

 

phoned em all none got

[fanievb]

phoned em all none got

 

citroen dealers, afaik they use the stuff for power steering units

 

BMW also, but then you might as well buy shimano

[RyanD]

Don't know if this will help. It's a 1l and not 500ml as I initially thought.

[Martin PJ]

I bought power steering mineral oil for my brake bleed, something like this.

 

http://forums.mtbr.com/brake-time/mineral-oil-brake-fluid-cheap-453362.html

 

Worked great, next day I found out my brakes needed Dot 4 brake fluid. One brake set stuffed.

[worriesnot]

Patches, write to Castrol locally and ask them for the data sheet on Castrol LHM Mineral oil. They have to send it to you by law - it is probably on the website anyway. That is exactly the same as Shimano's and you'll have your answer.

 

In the hydraulic oil business the W in 10W or 5W means nothing. It is a bit like small, medium and large. Not defined. Viscosity is indicated in centistats at a given temperature.

 

centistokes - please get it right