Ron Soave wrote:
> --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Ed's Shop <shop@justbrits.com> wrote:
>
>> indicating full saturation of the bronze matrix.
>> Author: Barney Gaylord, MGAGURU
>>
>
> I heard a theory that in a fully matrixed bronze bushing if you fully
>saturate the matrix as suggested, you can actually do more harm than good if
>you run the engine over 5000 RPM for any period of time. The temperature of
>the surface film of oil will exceed 500F locally, which is above the coking
>point of both SAE and MIL-L-7808 and MIL-L-23699 oils, and the oil will coke.
>In the absence of a properly reactive surfactant, the resultant carbon deposit
>wears the crank spigot exponentially.
>
>
Damn engineers.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
My own Fleet of Sprites
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