BLACKvoodoo Posted September 12, 2012 Share Does anybody know what the viscosity is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKvoodoo Posted September 12, 2012 Share OK......... can anybody tell me the number on the bottle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted September 12, 2012 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted October 3, 2012 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooi Vlam Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanD Posted April 15, 2016 Share Buy the Shimano oil in 500ml. It's much cheaper and will last you forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbo_SA Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted April 15, 2016 Share struggling to find in CPT midas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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? SlowrideCB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanD Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted April 15, 2016 Share midas phoned em all none got Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanD Posted April 15, 2016 Share Don't know if this will help. It's a 1l and not 500ml as I initially thought. Thermophage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin PJ Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worriesnot Posted April 15, 2016 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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