Savage462k1

Hi, I know the Marvel's Mystery Oil can be used for after run and air filter oil, but saddly can't find any that stuff over here in canada, is there any alternate brand of oil I can use instead of the one hobby shops selling ?

robwiljas

WD-40 works good for after-run. The point is to displace moisture so it doesn't rust, which is what WD-40 was originally designed to do.

IloveMYxt2

Automatic transmission fluid.

rclynx

Bernard shame on you.............LOL

CBM Racing

Use airfilter oil from hobbyshop for filter. It is made to be more "sticky" so it traps particles better, and wont just slowly settle down through filter into carb. For after run oil, wd40 is better than nothing at all, but hobby grade after run oil contains not only rust inhibitors, but lubrication for moving parts that wd40 doesn't have. Just like a full size car, first dry starts are when metal to metal contact inside the engine happens, so why take chances of shortened engine life? It is cheap insurance/protection that is inexpensive and easy to do.

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I've been known to flood, literally, my engines with 5W20 or 0W20 motor oil if I'm storing them for a very long time. The two years my NT16 sat idle, it did so flooded with 5W20. Not a spec of rust in there after I tore it down after the crank snapped :P

If I'm going to light it off again within a week, I'll be satisfied with just pinching the line and leaving it. If it's more than that, I'll make sure to fire it off again and let it run completely dry, making sure next-start that I flood it before I even put the ignitor on to ensure it isn't actually running without oil.


For filter oil, I currently use blue HPI AFO, but in the past I've used Dexron-III auto trans fluid with perfect success.


Also, a quart of ATF will probably outlast the engine you are protecting with it :P

volcano-s30

Use CRC lube

black mamba

X2. Any ATF will work fine.

cooldriver385

Wd 40 for after run oil. My Jato sat for a year in my closet and only have the brown color all engine pistons should have. But barely. I use to use Belray filter oil because it was convenient since i race motocross but i think its too tacky