Comp oiless turbo grease
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Staging Lane
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Comp oiless turbo grease Anyone know a suitable replacement compound for comps oiless turbo grease? I lost the tube mine came with.
And I’m not paying $200 for a 3oz tube of their high temp water resistant grease. That’s just insane for a product that probably costs them $50 for a 5 gallon bucket of this stuff from the mfg that makes it for them. You figure after their customers just bought these turbos for $4k they wouldn’t rip them off with the grease needed to maintain it.
And I’m not paying $200 for a 3oz tube of their high temp water resistant grease. That’s just insane for a product that probably costs them $50 for a 5 gallon bucket of this stuff from the mfg that makes it for them. You figure after their customers just bought these turbos for $4k they wouldn’t rip them off with the grease needed to maintain it.
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Staging Lane
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Ive been trying. But they have 0 information accept a sales pitch on their site. And no one else talks about this at all.
It’s literally just a high temp water resistant grease.
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I have to request MSDS from vendors all the time in my day job. I'd call them or one of their distributors and ask for one.
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Interesting subject. I went down a rabbit hole reading about extreme temp grease. I don't think you're going to find a $20-50 replacement. I don't know what's in the blend that the turbo brands use, but grease rated for near 500-800 degrees and super high speeds is REALLY expensive.
It's $150-$170 from the turbo brands for a 3oz tube and its about $90/tube for anything I find remotely close to those specs. Most grease for that operating temp is made for foundry work and its all very low speed/high pressure bearings and clay based grease.
The stuff for turbos is pretty much spaceship grease and the prices seems to reflect it, brand name or not.
It's $150-$170 from the turbo brands for a 3oz tube and its about $90/tube for anything I find remotely close to those specs. Most grease for that operating temp is made for foundry work and its all very low speed/high pressure bearings and clay based grease.
The stuff for turbos is pretty much spaceship grease and the prices seems to reflect it, brand name or not.
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You are going to risk $4k worth of turbo's over a $200 tube of grease....
While I doubt it costs Comp that much, I can tell you that being in industrial automation specialized grease is very expensive.
While I doubt it costs Comp that much, I can tell you that being in industrial automation specialized grease is very expensive.
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Interesting subject. I went down a rabbit hole reading about extreme temp grease. I don't think you're going to find a $20-50 replacement. I don't know what's in the blend that the turbo brands use, but grease rated for near 500-800 degrees and super high speeds is REALLY expensive.
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Unless you know whats in the turbo stuff, how are you going to know what's safe without it being an experiment on an expensive turbo? Not that you don't have access to the right stuff, but how do you stop the guy you give it to from being the test monkey?
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I'd guarantee these greases for jet turbine shafts are more than capable.
