<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2467"> Passing on some compensating oil info.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2699">After talking with the local Shell technical expert</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2611">I've just ordered 20 liters of this stuff (shell Morlina S2BL 10)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2455" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2466" href="https://prodepc.blob.core.windows.net/epcblobstorage/GPCDOC_GTDS_Shell_Morlina_S2_BL_10_(en)_TDS.pdf">https://prodepc.blob.core.windows.net/epcblobstorage/GPCDOC_GTDS_Shell_Morlina_S2_BL_10_(en)_TDS.pdf</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2550" dir="ltr">I have been down the track of looking for a suitable thruster compensating fluid</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2577" dir="ltr">previously. I had bought 20 liters of Shellsol D60 because it was low in aromatics</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2576" dir="ltr">& wouldn't destroy plastics on the motor winding coatings. However this</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2545" dir="ltr">would probably be bad for the bearings, being too low a viscosity, and also it</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2612" dir="ltr">had a low flash point.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2575" dir="ltr">The Morlina is designed as a high speed bearing / spindle oil, is non corrosive</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2546" dir="ltr">& has a viscosity of 10 & flash point of 150C. I had been looking for a product </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2638" dir="ltr">"Shellflex 210" (viscosity 20.3) which is used in transformers and oil compensating </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2667" dir="ltr">pumps, but couldn't find any locally. The lower viscosity of the Morlina will </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2683" dir="ltr">probably suit my small motors better.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2684" dir="ltr">Alan</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2614" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1474329174129_2465" dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>