<VV> lube oil contamination

BobHelt at aol.com BobHelt at aol.com
Sat Sep 13 12:57:27 EDT 2014


Jay,
Not to question the comment, but I was unable to locate the source. could  
you be more specific as to just where this comment was made. I couldn't find 
 it.
Bob Helt
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/12/2014 9:04:56 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
virtualvairs at corvair.org writes:

On an  engineering forum (eng-tips - Transmission, Driveline, Hybrid 
Drive  engineering Forum  
<http://www.eng-tips.com/threadminder.cfm?pid=78&page=1>), I saw  the 
following:

" life of gears and bearings can be shortened  exponentially when small 
amounts of water are present in the lubricant -  even 0.1% can reduce the 
lifespan quite considerably. "

interesting...

-- 
Jay Maechtlen SoCal '61 2-dr modified  w/fiberglass skin, transverse 3.8 
Buick V6 TH440T4  trans




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