Oil and tires

Dozer Guy · Dec 16, 2008

I have seen cars , trucks , and tractors in my life that have had oil , brake fluid , gearlube , ( not in the same order ) ect.... on them on the inside part of the tire and never seen one blow out or get ate up by oils ..... But , if oil saterates a motor mount or a transmission mount it gets tore all to pieces in no time ... Why is this ? Will oil eventully kill a tire as well ? Thanks in advance ..... Larry

Anonymous-0 · Dec 16, 2008

Doesn't really answer your question, but it makes me think of a kid a couple of years ahead of us in school that would always smoke and squal his tires when he hit the paved road in front of school. Always thought he had a hot car and wanted ours to be that good. He'd always go to the bathroom right before the bell rang, and one day a couple kids caught him smearing oil on his tires before the rest of us got outside. Couple of days later, he had every oil sticker a bunch of kids could scrounge plastered on his rims.

Thanks for the memory.

Dave

Dozer Guy · Dec 16, 2008

Youre Welcome Dave2 , I would have loved to see the expression on his face when he saw the stickers !!!

bruster · Dec 16, 2008

The compounds are different are different between the rubber used in tires and motor mounts. That's why you should never use diesel fuel to lube the bead when mounting a tire.

Like dad always said "Like dissolves like"

greygoat · Dec 16, 2008

Per Dave2 's reply: In 1961 a fella was trying
to "burn out", to impress people, in front of
the main PX, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Just as the tires were smoking, the front
universal joint, behind the transmission, broke,
the driveshaft dug into to the ground, and stopped
him so fast that a spring shackle broke. Dozens
of people saw it and were laughing.

Steven f/AZ · Dec 16, 2008

Spinning your tires doesn't get you anywhere, just shows that you know how to do a gear drop or drop the clutch. Whooopee.

Cars that can hook up hard enough to bring the front tires off the ground are more impressive to me...

Back on topic - I've always read to keep any petroleum product away from rubber.

old · Dec 16, 2008

Well if the tire was soaked in oil yes it would blow out some time down the road but because it just gets a little on it and then spins it off no. Now if you took a tire and put it in an oil bath for say a week it would in fact blow out because oil does make rubber softer and sort of melts it
Hobby farm

souNdguy · Dec 16, 2008

i heard bleach will do that too?

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