OIL TASTING

[FM-USA]

My signature of 'Oil Tasting for acids' has been up for over 5 years now, has anyone picked up on this trick?
Or am I just wasting my time and space?

[AZgl1800]

I just go by the color of the oil compared to what it was when poured out of the can.

[FM-USA]

HOLY KRAP, 5 HUGE 90% screen adverts in this very shortthread.
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Ya, color helps determine the filters viability to filter.
Black is carbon, browns (generally speaking) are cooked oils.

Acids don't have a definitive color and are masked by the browns & blacks. Only testing will determine if they are in the oil. Humans can test said acids in said oil via test strips or taste buds.
Old farmers engine run equipment last a long time partly due to knowing when to change oil. Hence my little ditty.

[MikeB]

Oil tasting? You are kidding right?

[FM-USA]

Oil tasting? You are kidding right?

In today's world, yongsters refuse to learn history, heck, even our Gov pulled it out of schools. Some say it's full of lies others say it never happened because they were not there, still others say it didn't happen to them.... right, just not yet. You know what they say, don't learn history, you'll make the same mistakes.

ANYways...
Well long ago I learned many tricks from the older generation, some were 60 years my senior, they knew things I wanted to know. So I suppose my info is VERY OLD but most of it still holds true today.
BTW; I don't pass lies when being serious.

.. ..have a good one.

[MikeB]

Not everything done by oldsters was life sustaining or even intelligent. Some things were thought provoking and insightful while others were life threatening and downright ignorant. I'd put Oil Tasting in the later category.

[FM-USA]

Not everything done by oldsters was life sustaining or even intelligent. Some things were thought provoking and insightful while others were life threatening and downright ignorant. I'd put Oil Tasting in the later category.

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Sooo.... that's only if you're dumb enough to swallow it. That I can't help you with, there's only certain types I can teach and they need to show Some intelligence.

"sustaining or even intelligent"
"life threatening & downright ignorant"
As you can read, or lack therof, I didn't say everything. I knew enough, even at that tender single digit age, to sift krap.

[MikeB]

So, you are saying that putting a petroleum based product on your tongue and not swallowing it keeps it out of your system?

[WingAdmin]

Hm. Somehow putting a known carcinogen (which they warn to not even get on your skin) in your mouth seems like a less than intelligent decision.

[Bluewaterhooker0]

Being one of those old coots that has done some dumb stuff, I can tell ya that starting a gasoline siphon the good old fashioned way (sucking on the wrong end of a tube full of gas), leads to a mouth full of gas about 40% of the time. If you ever got even a tiny, tiny sip of that stuff in your mouth, you know it gets absorbed before you can reflexively spit the opposite way, as evidenced by the lasting taste of gasoline in your mouth. Now, if you're really old school, you also know you can speed up the process of getting that taste out of your mouth by simply lighting it with a match.
I have to say, I'm in the camp that will not be tasting my oil any time soon. At least not intentionally.

[dingdong]

Tasting your oil just doesn't equate with intelligence in my book.

[Mag]

Tasting your oil just doesn't equate with intelligence in my book.

Same book

[Overdog]

What kind of cracker should one put it on to taste???...Triscuit?.......Ritz?

[brettchallenger]

Or am I just wasting my time and space?

Yes you are, and at the same time putting your health at risk. Used engine oil is relatively nasty stuff and is known to cause skin cancer, which is why mechanics now tend to wear gloves. Infrequent direct contact is unlikely to cause any harm to skin but contact with epithelial tissues of the mouth and tongue is a very different matter. And while carcimoma of the skin is one of the easier diseases to treat, the same cannot be said of oral cancers.

If your annual mileage is low, then just change the oil at the end of the riding season. If you do lots of miles, then change the oil according to the manufacturer's advice. It is not a hard thing to understand.

[Viking]

My signature of 'Oil Tasting for acids' has been up for over 5 years now, has anyone picked up on this trick?
Or am I just wasting my time and space?

If I had tasted all the oil I have changed over the years, for myself, and for others, because I will change it for you if you buy it from me, I would certainly not be here to tell about it I am sure. I have accidentally tasted oil after splashing it, certainly, however, never intentionally, and not knowing what I am looking for in the taste if acidity is present, I cannot say that there was, so there was no benefit in having tasted it. I have no doubt that your elder instructors did this to test for acidity, however, it may be one of the reasons that their lifespans were quite a bit shorter than present day. Who knows. We have test strips and laboratories for this now, which in my opinion would be an improvement over tasting it, but to each his own. I had not read your signature about tasting for testing though, so, if nobody else read it either, then yes, you did waste that little bit of time it took to write it.

[dingdong]

FM-USA: I see you changed your signature line. Yeah tact seems to be lacking in my response. Not enough to wish death upon us however. Sorry if we have offended. You have to admit that tasting ones used oil comes as a shocker.

[Ravyn]

What kind of cracker should one put it on to taste???...Triscuit?.......Ritz?

I'd say Ritz as they are just about as full of oil as that quart you just poured into your bike.
Tasting oil ??? Well that's just about the most stupid thing I have heard in a long time.

[Ravyn]

My signature of 'Oil Tasting for acids' has been up for over 5 years now, has anyone picked up on this trick?
Or am I just wasting my time and space?

So, tell me FM, what does acid in your oil taste like. yummy or acky ??? hahahaha geeeeze !

[FM-USA]

Took time to ponder this thread.

[WingAdmin]

I don't think that's back stabbing! I think it is a fairly odd thing to ask, and some people were having fun with it. I wouldn't take it so personally!

[Bluewaterhooker0]

Took time to ponder this thread.

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FM, I was just having fun.
However, if we reduce the size of those knives from steak size, to paring size ????
I bet there's room for a few more

[dingdong]

FM-USA: I see you changed your signature line. Yeah tact seems to be lacking in my response. Not enough to wish death upon us however. Sorry if we have offended. You have to admit that tasting ones used oil comes as a shocker.

Like I said previously!!! Welcome back however!

[AZgl1800]

I think the taste of oil can be improved by adding Molasses to it

[brettchallenger]

I do think FM-USA has had enough salt rubbed into this particular wound and the topic should now be left. It is beginning to look a bit like bullying now.

[julimike54]

So why did 4 of you tell me I had to do it? I'd be interested in more info FM. But I've never heard that before. I guess I hung around the dumb farmers, none of my relatives ever claimed this tactic. Come to think of it, most didn't maintain anything and then complained of not making money. Maybe because they had to buy new stuff?