Mineral Oil

[Buysomerice]

So as evident by some of my newbie questions, I'm new to working on a bike. Needing to bleed my clutch and it specifies mineral oil. I'v called autozone and napa, they both don't have it and can't tell me where to get it. Any substitutes? Where is everyone getting it in the states? 2012 ec300 in a little town, they are always confused by my questions.

 

[desertgasser300]

Any mountain bike store should have what you need. Magura blood I think it's called and there are other brands available.

 

[Buysomerice]

That makes sense. I was also wanting for my mtb as it is also spec'd for it. Whelp I guess it's a trip to the city if I can't find it. Thanks!

 

[Leo]

Or Citroen LHM oil
Or any hidraulic light oil
Or ATF

Magura and Shimano sell their oil in a very small and expensive container.

 

[gasser]

Any drug store and a lot of supermarkets will have mineral oil. I have heard that the only difference between that mineral oil and what we put in our clutches is the added scent.

 

[ScottyR]

Fork oil works fine as well.

 

[thumperflipper]

My local Yamaha shop stocks the Magura blood. I just bled my clutch a couple days ago when I rebuilt the slave cylinder. It is kinda a long video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbnN9nD90WA

 

[Leo]

And refer to this:

https://thehellteam.wordpress.com/2015/07/10/trial-master-cylinder-and-lever-setup/

 

[Buysomerice]

Thanks for all the info everyone. Three motorcycle shops and 3 mtb shops and the best I could come up with is a 50ml bottle for $10 and they only had one! So started calling hardware stores and True Value carries actual mineral oil in a 500ml bottle. They all had something that worked but back in the service area, no they wouldn't give me any I asked! O'reileys had a substitute that Leo mentioned, this was cheaper though. Already gave the video a watch thanks Thumper!

 

[Buysomerice]

Thanks for the link!

 

[Buysomerice]

Well I think it was a good call freshening the fluid. It looked like beer and had about the same consistency.

 

[phoenix]

You can get mineral oil at the pharmacy as well.

 

[CombatYoga]

Did someone say beer?

Well I think it was a good call freshening the fluid. It looked like beer and had about the same consistency.

How did it taste? ;-)