Old paintball-specific oil - still good?

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  • The Jayster
    Mr. OCD
    • Mar 2021
    • 305
    • Montreal, Canada

    #1

    Old paintball-specific oil - still good?

    I have a bottle of Battle Lube (no idea who made that) that must be 15+ years old. Is it still usable? The oil has a golden hue but otherwise looks fine.
    "Aren't you getting too old for this??"
    "Nope."
  • Trbo323
    MCB Member
    • Jul 2020
    • 6358
    • Vancouver WA

    #2
    If it's full synthetic it should be fine

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    • iamthelazerviking
      Make Paintballs 690 Again
      • Jul 2020
      • 2708
      • Staunton, VA

      #3
      I've been wondering this too, I also have a little thing of oil. And it's th oldest paintball related item I own lol, may have even gotten it with my first marker. 20+ years old
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      • Ecapnation
        MCB Member
        • Jul 2020
        • 4209
        • South Central Long Island

        #4
        I have and still use from a gallon of gold cup bought from an old stores inventory... I bought that in 2008, the bottle is dated 97

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        • NONOBLITUS
          NONOBLITUS commented
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          This is the way ^
      • mercpb
        mercpb
        • Oct 2021
        • 923
        • midwest

        #5
        synthetic oils have good shelf life
        Look for significant discoloration, sediment/precipitation, funny smells.

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        • tagroland
          Looks like a Paintball...
          • Jan 2021
          • 81
          • Hollister, California

          #6
          https://candcsynthetics.com/

          Best oil I have used, kept my rental fleet going when others failed.

          They are real friendly too

          Hope this helps

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          • The Jayster
            Mr. OCD
            • Mar 2021
            • 305
            • Montreal, Canada

            #7
            Thanks. The oil has a golden/brownish hue in the bottle but I just used it in my A-5 and saw that it is still pretty transparent when poured out of the bottle.

            I was wondering: I went for the 'put a few drops of oil into the ASA, remove the barrel and cycle the gun a dozen times' routine. Silly question perhaps but do you need to put oil directly into the ASA air passage hole as opposed to if you put a few drops that pool around that hole the air will push it through? I couldn't 'aim' the oil into the ASA hole.
            "Aren't you getting too old for this??"
            "Nope."

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            • Daltech
              Electro<Mech<Pump
              • Feb 2022
              • 872
              • West Coast

              #8
              The Asa is good, no need to get it only in the tiny hole.

              Fun fact, DYE still recommends oil in the asa of their markers to this day, not in the literature, but I got this directly from the bench tech.

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              • Myrkul
                2026 ICD Sponsored Team
                • Jul 2020
                • 905
                • Jaegers

                #9
                It needs to be said, be careful what you use the oil in the asa strategy in.

                Anything with delrin in it, you absolutely do NOT want to just dump oil. Delrin is slightly porous, and it WILL absorb the oil and swell.

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                • The Jayster
                  The Jayster commented
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                  Good point. If you have delrin on, say, a bolt you'll want to take it out and wipe the oil off.
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