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[Closed] Mineral (specifically Shimano) oil - does it degrade over time?

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Found I was buying a lot of the smaller bottles (kept faffing and changing calipers etc) so invested in the larger one (bulk is best!) - now finding I'm not using it up nearly as quickly as I used to so have a nearly full bottle of the stuff in the garage.

Question is - is it OK to just sit there or will it degrade in any way if left for any (long) length of time?

Cheers!


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 10:37 pm
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I asked this a while ago - Dot does go bad if opened and unused. Shimano is fine. The bad is to to with taking up water, which is not a feature of mineral oil


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 10:38 pm
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Gotcha, cheers for prompt reply. Will leave it there until I feel the need to faff again then!


 
Posted : 03/03/2011 10:39 pm