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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Hear me out: given a choice between running the engine completely dry of oil, and using vegetable oil, which would be worse?

Given a choice between being impaled on a rusty fence and being shot, which would be worse?

The vegetable oil is going to gum things up. I guess you’re looking at an engine replacement either way.

Yup.

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

May the machine gods have pity on your bearings.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 0 points 3 months ago

@Kecessa pointed us to a video of Project Farm checking it, and it turns out soy bean vegetable oil worked great, except in very cold conditions:

So, not so dumb. As long as she gets an oil change well before winter, she, and the engine, will probably be just fine.

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

A lawnmower and a car use very different oils and running something for a short time is very different than under loads for extended periods of time.

It is dumb to use cooking oils in a car engine.

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