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Oil from cows
« on: February 12, 2009, 06:47:01 AM »
This should add more fuel to the "which kind of oil should I use" debate.

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2009, 06:52:28 AM »
Holy crap one cow yields 110 quarts of oil! :o
Really that's a pretty good find, if the oil is good quality then run with it.
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2009, 07:52:30 AM »
id use it...

it doubles as a marinade... goon try it and let me know what ya think
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2009, 08:33:50 AM »
Yikes what next.

Cash croppers should be smiling, the price of grains may well continue to rise.

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2009, 09:29:54 AM »
Tee hee hee, don't tempt me I am a chef of sorts... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2009, 09:33:08 AM »
Oh yeah forgot a most important ingredient, so as you can see here that other than the heirloom tomatoes he grew goon is a supporter of the green oil by consuming massive quantities of beef....
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2009, 09:37:34 AM »
Wonder how badly this oil would cook the clutch plates.  Hopefully, they will stay right around medium-rare! 

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2009, 10:10:40 AM »
ugh i know, soon very soon. its 40 degrees here and it feels soo warm. cookouts and beer oon to come. second week in march 4 freinds and i are trailering our harleys to cocoa beach and riding out to the keys. cant wait.
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2009, 01:01:17 PM »
Bike week? Keep an eye out for My dad and sisters motorcycle Jewlery and leather, they got some cool stuff sterling silver and stainless jewelry, not as cool as my tungsten wedding ring :P but they hit all the bike shows they can.
Not to hijack more than i already did so, did you all read the whole article? They said that the testing from the american petroleum instute tests would not take long so we could see more of this sooner than we think, then we can find out more like wet clutch issues like what oldschool stated. What additives too are going to be interesting like what the viscosity does as that oil is heated, like with cooking oil we all can see it thin out pretty good after its heated to proper temp.

This brings up another thing before I forget, in another oil thread peole talked about too hot and proper oil temp. Well my boss happens to be an old race car guy, lived all over the US and he was telling that they used to preheat the oil to 190-210f deg. for the engines before racing. One time he said they were really busy and forgot to turn the heater off and the oil was at almost 300 degrees, he freaked out told the head mechanic and the mechanic shrugged his shoulders and said it wasn't that big a deal that there is much more to oil than we think.
This came from nascar engine builders too , and would you believe how short the drivers really are? They are like race horse jockeys.
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2009, 01:12:58 PM »
Just as important as it thinning out when hot, I wonder what they have blended it to stop it solidifying when cold.

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2009, 01:15:53 PM »
Read all about it here.

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2009, 01:27:36 PM »
wonder what it smells like too, like when your cooking hamburger for the hamburger helper. If it has a shelf life also. oxdation factors.....
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2009, 01:43:08 PM »
I read the title of this thread and my mind went totally another way.
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2009, 01:55:18 PM »
you saw a cow with an oil drilling rig on it's back. :D :D :D :D :D
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2009, 01:57:02 PM »
i'm off to home depot anyways for a new filter and oil for my lawn tractor, i think i'll give it a shot.
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2009, 01:57:55 PM »
you saw a cow with an oil drilling rig on it's back. :D :D :D :D :D

Yanno, it can be pictured that way.  ;D
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2009, 02:59:24 PM »
They claim it's biodegradable. I wonder how quickly it'll bio-degrade inside the engine...
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2009, 03:06:59 PM »
Read the bumph.....it don't.

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2009, 03:07:29 PM »
They claim it's biodegradable. I wonder how quickly it'll bio-degrade inside the engine...


Seems to me like they specifically said it's not biodegradable:

"But as with petroleum-based engine oil, G-Oil should not be dumped on the ground."

“We’re working on that issue for people who change their own oil, but we’re not quite there yet with a cradle-to-grave answer,” Dr. Zuckerman said. “For now, we recommend taking our oil to a recycling center.”


It was their Motor Silk engine additive that's considered biodegradable. 

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2009, 03:12:58 PM »
They claim it's biodegradable. I wonder how quickly it'll bio-degrade inside the engine...

“For now, we recommend taking our oil to a recycling center.”
 

What will the recycling center do with it? It can't be mixed with petroleum based oil can it??
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2009, 03:48:23 PM »
i'm happy to report that with that green oil in it , my lawn tractor runs quieter and seems smoother as well. we'll se how it is over the long run.

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2009, 06:43:32 AM »
wow fuzzybutt that was quick, I run royal purply in mine, stuff still looks the same as it did last year when I put it in.... Well not quite the same it comes out of the bottle purple and truns a light brown as it gets older...
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2009, 07:28:34 AM »
you saw a cow with an oil drilling rig on it's back. :D :D :D :D :D

I did too.  I envisioned acers and acres of dead cows with their entrails used to produce motor oil.  Oh the humanity.....
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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2009, 08:48:32 AM »
Now we can debate about which species of cow to use in our SOHC engines :D

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Re: Oil from cows
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2009, 08:55:26 AM »
Now we can debate about which species of cow to use in our SOHC engines :D

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Definitely Jersey cows!  The oil has a higher butterfat content making it better for lubrication.