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How often should you change the oil in your car?

It's a message that has been steered at drivers for years: Change your engine oil every 3,000 miles. Yet the old advice is changing...

How to Identify Different Types of Grease

Greases are primarily classified by their thickeners, the most common being metallic soaps. Others include bentonite clay, silica gel, polyurea and inorganic thickeners.Soap‑based greases are produced

Snow Blower Oil Change Tips

Add a permanent oil drain extension tube to your snow blower to simplify oil changes and avoid an oily mess.

What's the Correct Synthetic-Oil Change Interval?

There's more than one answer, so let us simplify it for you.

Basic Car Terms Everyone Should Know

We’ve heard them before, but what does ABD or 4WD mean? Sound like a true car expert after we break down some of the most basic terms used.

How Much Does an Oil Change Cost?

How much does an oil change cost? Read on to learn about factors that may influence oil change cost and frequency.

Lubrication: Grease or Oil?

For profiled rail guides and ball screws, lubrication can be achieved with either grease or oil. The choice depends on the application parameters.

Using Ultrasound to Improve Lubrication Practices

Keeping a handle on lubrication seems easy enough. All you need to do is to make sure the right lubricant is used in the right amount and at the right time. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.I

Can Engine Oils Replace Hydraulic Oils?

Some equipment manufacturers recommend using multi-grade engine oil in hydraulic systems for their mobile equipment. Viscosity index (VI) improvers extend the operating temperature range for the fluid

How To Lubricate Car Locks, Hinges and Latches

Get rid of those annoying squeaks in your car by lubricating your car or truck. These simple lube job tips will bring back that new-car ride.

How to Use Lubrication Additives for Preventive Maintenance

In today’s industrial world, going small can result in big savings. Hydraulic systems, for example, are getting smaller as part of a larger effort to improve fuel economy in industries across the board. The logic behind this is that a physically smaller hydraulic system weighs less, and that translates into greater fuel economy. However, such a size reduction is not accomplished without risks.

Use It or Lose It: Fact or Fiction About Vaginal Lubrication?

Regular stimulation of the vagina helps maintain blood flow, which in turn increases vaginal lubrication and elasticity.

How should I lubricate winches?

Dear Boat Doctor, My winches desperately need to be lubricated, and it’s been more than a few years since I’ve done it. A friend told me to use wheel bearing grease but cautioned me not to use it,Boat Doctor

What is the True Root Cause of Bearing Lubrication?

When we talk about lubricants, and regularly when referring to bearings, we talk about grease. Where the grease really performs its work, is at the point of contact of the ball or roller and the inner or outer race.

Lubrication: Should Funnels Be Used?

Adding oil in our assets requires a means to transfer the lubricant from a container to the machine. While funnels can make this task easier, they are not recommended because of their potential to introduce contaminants into the lubricant.

Are Your Lubrication Practices Disaster Proof?

When outside forces affect normal manufacturing processes, adapt your lubrication systems.

Does Lubrication Affect Cable Strength?

The simple answer is no, because it does not change the inherent break strength of the cable, it does still impact cycle life which is equally as important.

What Exactly is a Lubrication Failure?

If you ask anybody who's been around maintenance why precision lubrication is important, nine times out of 10 he or she will answer "to prevent failures." While this basic statement cann

What Are The Differences Between Synthetic And Petroleum Oils?

When is it Okay to Over-Lubricate your Bearing?

Question: When is it OK to over-lubricate your bearing? Answer: NEVER!!!!, (almost) the exception is when high vibration exists. If you attended the SDT/LUDECA Acoustic Lubrication Workshops then you now understand grease as a lubricating mechanism. You understand that the Churning Phase of the lubrication task is inevitable, and long-term, detrimental to the health of …