No Rotella T6

[milkman636]

Needless to say, THAT is why shortages happen. Horders.

Nope, that’s how people avoid running out of things they know they’re gonna need. In a normal world, where strangers on the internet don’t preside in judgement over the quantity of oil that others buy, it’s called planning ahead.

 

[milkman636]

My Grandson Googled it. Rotella oil is produced by a Netherlands company. Go figure.

Shell is currently in the process of moving their headquarters out of the Netherlands to England. They will be dropping the Royal Dutch part of their name in the near future. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/12/1...hell-set-to-vote-in-favor-of-london-move.html

 

[California]

I don't know but that video is awesome!!! I watched the whole thing. I wonder what Country that's in? I've saw some fine craftsmen doing work with minimal equipment in Arabic Countries. This fits. Excellent.

Do you think this crankshaft needed repair because of the use of automotive engine oil instead of Rotella, ??

I thought engines were "pressure lubed" at the main and rod bearings??
(I can not find any drilling that would flow oil to the bearings!! ?? )

Could this crankshaft be splash lubed??

1) Pakistan. YT comments say likely continued use with a bad harmonic balancer broke the #1 journal off that longer portion of crank. The short piece came from a donor crank.

2) It looks like oil enters the crankshaft at the main journals then goes through passages to the rod journals. Not splashed lubed. He copied the alignment of the oil hole on a good journal. So long as the hole he drilled intersects the passage to the #1 rod journal that is already in the short half, it will oil ok.

3) I see lots of controversy in the YT comments over whether this repair will last. Some say the break revealed slag from a prior weld, others say the 6013 rod that is near universally used in Pakistan for everything, won't be as strong as a better rod. Consensus seems to be this crank should now go into a lesser-stress application, a ditch pump or something rather than back in the overloaded truck that broke it.

4) Everybody in the comments agrees that this machinist's skill is extraordinary. Most agree this shop wouldn't stay in business if their work didn't hold up, so this repair will be satisfactory. (And is necessary, where replacement parts are simply unobtainable).

 

[Texasmark]

I buy T6 at Wally World

Wally world is out too. Went to 3 and all T6 was gone and most of the diesel oil.

 

[MossRoad]

1) Pakistan. YT comments say likely continued use with a bad harmonic balancer broke the #1 journal off that longer portion of crank. The short piece came from a donor crank.

2) It looks like oil enters the crankshaft at the main journals then goes through passages to the rod journals. Not splashed lubed. He copied the alignment of the oil hole on a good journal. So long as the hole he drilled intersects the passage to the #1 rod journal that is already in the short half, it will oil ok.

3) I see lots of controversy in the YT comments over whether this repair will last. Some say the break revealed slag from a prior weld, others say the 6013 rod that is near universally used in Pakistan for everything, won't be as strong as a better rod. Consensus seems to be this crank should now go into a lesser-stress application, a ditch pump or something rather than back in the overloaded truck that broke it.

4) Everybody in the comments agrees that this machinist's skill is extraordinary. Most agree this shop wouldn't stay in business if their work didn't hold up, so this repair will be satisfactory. (And is necessary, where replacement parts are simply unobtainable).

Thanks for reading the comments about the donor crank. I was trying to figure out how he was going to make the crankshaft the needed length when he shaved a few inches off of each broken end. Figured I had missed something in the video, as the start made it appear that somehow he was going to join the two pieces back together.

 

[Hay Dude]

Wally world is out too. Went to 3 and all T6 was gone and most of the diesel oil.

X2

 

[milkman636]

At my local TSC this afternoon…..

 

[MossRoad]

At our local O'Reilly's this morning...

 

[Snobdds]

I don't even know why they make 15w40 anymore. Any newer diesel takes either 10w30 or 5w40 and all those oils are backwards compatible. The fact it's the only oil on the self during a run on oil says everything.

 

[Snobdds]

The certification is backward compatible most of the time but I never heard of the viscosity being "backwards compatible".

Well...that's because the hot temp weight is unchanged.