Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Engine Assembly Lube types

  1. #1
    Boostaholic
    monjarassi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Houston TX
    Posts
    2,665
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)

    Engine Assembly Lube types

    Okay many will or have built a motor or even refreshened a stock motor, for what ever reason it might be i recently started asking what ppl use as a good engine assembly lube for bearings ect ect.
    A quick search and and responses from many have brought us to this.
    Im a list the kinds of engine assembly lubes that are the most known and have been used with posistive results.

    Lucas EAL


    Permatex EAL


    Red Line EAL


    Torco EAL


    These were the most that majority of engine builder from my serach had the most hits, feel free to chime in and ill add your suggestion to the list for future reference on motor build.

  2.    Sponsored Links





  3. Become a Free Registered Member and Remove This Ad!


  4. #2
    Junior Member snizzletoff's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    Enola, PA
    Posts
    204
    Feedback Score
    0
    I used the permatex EAL for my most recent build, it worked perfectly fine, i think my only complaint with it was just how quickly it begins to "melt" its comes out quite thick but assembling an engine in a warm garage it quickly began to melt away from what i put it on, this isn't a huge deal as once you have the lube in a journal it can't really go anywhere.

    My question is, are other lubes thicker more resistant to melting quickly?

  5. #3
    Boostaholic
    monjarassi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Houston TX
    Posts
    2,665
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Quote Originally Posted by snizzletoff View Post
    I used the permatex EAL for my most recent build, it worked perfectly fine, i think my only complaint with it was just how quickly it begins to "melt" its comes out quite thick but assembling an engine in a warm garage it quickly began to melt away from what i put it on, this isn't a huge deal as once you have the lube in a journal it can't really go anywhere.

    My question is, are other lubes thicker more resistant to melting quickly?
    good question, i hope someone can chime in

  6. #4
    Senior Member vdubkilla's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Posts
    914
    Feedback Score
    0
    Well curiosity got me and I went out in the garage and did a little test here are my results

    side by side Permatex and Lucas Assembly lube


  7. #5
    Boostaholic
    monjarassi's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Houston TX
    Posts
    2,665
    Feedback Score
    2 (100%)
    Nice demo i seen this on google.



    It has been almost 3 days and they are still staying on the white board, even in these warm temperatures. I used some of the most popular assembly lubes.

    #1 was the Lucas Oil Semi-Synthetic Assembly Lube (You can get this at most auto part stores).

    #2 was the Torco MPZ (Molybdenum, Phosphate and Zinc) Assembly Lube (It held its own pretty well)

    #3 was the Torco MPZ HP Assembly Lube (This stuff worked great. It's thick like jelly and especially hard to get off the white board).

    #4 is the Stabil Engine Assembly Lube (Again, you can buy this lube in huge containers for cheap at any parts store. The stuff works well, too.)

    #5 was the Royal Purple Synthetic Assembly Lube (This was actually the looser of the 5, but was the best for coverage and adhesion. It was sure a bare to get this stuff off the white board)

    All-in-all, the best I used was the Torco MPZ HP. The most expensive out of the 5 assembly lubes I did. About $25 for a 5 oz. tube of it. Largest size they have.

    If you don't work on engines all the time or you're just building one, I would definitely go for the Torco MPZ HP assembly lube. Of course, everybody has there favorite assembly lubes.

    They were all great assembly lubes and all worked well. Temperatures in the 70's and they held up pretty well I would say.

    I hope this will help someone and thanks for looking!

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •