Canola-Based Veggie Motor Oil?

[Lux Hauler]

Feeding my Cummins pure veggie oil makes it run like butter... Its also better for the pistons as the walls are better lubricated with the oil. However I think this is an apples to oranges situation when comparing it to oils that solely lubricate bearings and gears. It doesn't matter how quickly veggie oil breaks down if its being burned up however that does matter if it were to be constantly recycled and tortured through the oiling circuit.

[foxhollowjim]

Green Earth is one....I am working on one myself.

[foxhollowjim]

I am going to make some from my expeller canola oil, that i press here in NC...I have 2 cars and one diesel truck....E350 7.3 powerstroke..will let you know how it works....I am also looking into boric acid additive to make it a little slicker, and a copper additive to reduce oxidation...

[foxhollowjim]

I am a producer of cold pressed canola oil, and am looking at adding a small generator to burn some excess oil, convert some to diesel, and also make some motor oil with an additive for stability....making horse, and dairy feed from the canola meal, but need a more profitable outlet for the canola...anyone with some experience using canola as a motor oil let me know...

[TrapperL]

is out performing traditional synthetics.

In a word- no. The base oil produced and used by G-Oil is polyol ester and is the only single use base polyol ester based oil available. If you are using E85 and using the G-Oil, you are using the wrong products together. This is where a little knowlesge is a bad thing. Polyol esters do not handle any condensate very well. E85 will naturally bring a ton of it. I would suggest that you quit the E85 until you can change the oil to something that is far more compatible with the E85. You're basically sludging the heck out of your engine with it. Under normal conditions, the Polyols do a fabulous job at cleaning, but not in a high condensate environment.
Any motor oil you buy is a balance of basestock and additives. One does not make an oil better. It called synergistic. Individually neither are remarkable. But in the right balance they can be formidable. The base oil in G Oil is a well built base but the add package is more towards the weak side. At best, it will rival the blends in overall performance. No oil, regardless of advertizing, will make an engine produce more power. Unless the viscosity is on the thin range of its Kinematic scale, will not make for more fuel mileage. No API certified oil will make your engine run one mile farther regardless of claims. There have been numerous oil companies out there that are making these claims. They have been sued and lost their claims but the advertising still exists. Pick an API Certified brand that is the recommended viscosity, change at the recommended mileage, don't pay a lot for it, sit back and enjoy the ride.