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Is it alright to use oil as chain lube?
So my chain had some surface rust, so I put on some wd-40 and cleaned off the rust. Since all the grease was gone, I used the only lube I had around the house, unused engine oil. Is it alright to use? Even just temporally until I bring my bike for a tune up? So far, it's doing a great job and actualy lubricates better than grease.
So is it alright?
Thanks!
Technically it will work, but there are several reasons not to use car engine oil on a bike chain. Bicycles are precision machines that can be finicky if the wrong stuff or adjustments are made. Car engine oil is very thick in viscosity to deal with the elevated temperatures seen inside of an engine, not to mention the amount of friction seen in there. While there is a lot of friction in a bicycles drive train, the thicker oil doesn't penetrate into the rollers and pins of the chains or into the gap between the rollers and side plats as well as thinner lubricants. Engine oil also has a tendency of attracting a lot of road grit to it making it a huge mess to take that stuff off of the chain to try and properly lube it. The end result is it is only a matter of time before that really gums up and makes the chain really stiff and hard to pull through the derailleurs and around the cassette and chain-rings. When this happens your shifting will be way less precise, and you might even see the chain skip when you are trying to sprint or go up hills. The best advice I could give you is to do what you can to strip all of that engine oil out of the chain (or if you can't get it clean, get a new chain) and then put a much lighter lube on the chain. If you don't want to spend a lot of time in the future cleaning your chain, invest in chain wax or some kind of wax based lube (Finish-line Krytech, Pedro's Ice Wax, or White Lightning all work really well, are formulated for bicycles, and are easy to apply). They might give up a touch of efficiency compared to a good wet lube (more in a sec), but your chain won't attract dirt and grime and if the chain isn't too bad the lube actually will clean the chain as it lubricates. If you are willing to take the time to degrease a chain, then a good wet lube like Triflow Teflon spray, Boeshield B9, Pedro's Road rage, Pro-link gold, or any other Teflon based lubes will give you peak drive-train efficiency. These lubes will attract more grime then wax lubes, but they will make your bike hum a long if you keep things clean, and your chain will not rust as long as you apply these lubes regularly (every 150-500 miles depending on where you ride). Last bit of caution. If your chain has a lot of miles on it, the pins eventually stretch the holes in the side plates of the chain to a point where the chain will actually lengthen, and potentially can break if the chain is worn enough. Take the chain/bike to a bike shop and they can tell if the chain is worn out and need to be replaced. If the chain needs to be replaced, the gears in the back will likely need to be replaced as the chain and gears in back wear at the same rate. Hope this helps and good luck!
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