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There's that too, also done in the US. The power utilities actually have dogs trained to smell for oil leaks during substation PMCS since they're not all obvious.
That was an engineer's response if I ever read one. What's the Reynolds number of oil running through a deuce cooling system? :p (Just kidding!)
That was a good explanation of why oil isn't a practical coolant for this application. (y) I believe oil is only really used as a coolant for...
That stuff would gum right up. As if I didn't like it enough scraping bacon grease out of the pan 🙄
On the flipside, gumming up in cold temperatures might be preferable to pure water freezing and breaking things - I think that doomed quite a few M211s with improperly-applied water coolant...
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