If you're feeling nostalgic, ExxonMobil still sells their gas turbine engine oil in cans. I don't know if it's because there's some additive in it that attacks plastic or if it's just because the volume sold doesn't justify a new packaging line.
ps: I am old enough to remember trying to use those pour funnels. But I always found it less messy to put a big funnel into the oil fill then pour the oil into the funnel.
Isn't that interesting, setting up a new production line but keeping the metal cans. I think metal oil cans, (or maybe by that time, cardboard with metal ends) in the automotive industry were phased out in the mid eighties. Thanks for the info!
If you're feeling nostalgic, ExxonMobil still sells their gas turbine engine oil in cans. I don't know if it's because there's some additive in it that attacks plastic or if it's just because the volume sold doesn't justify a new packaging line.
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ps: I am old enough to remember trying to use those pour funnels. But I always found it less messy to put a big funnel into the oil fill then pour the oil into the funnel.
Isn't that interesting, setting up a new production line but keeping the metal cans. I think metal oil cans, (or maybe by that time, cardboard with metal ends) in the automotive industry were phased out in the mid eighties. Thanks for the info!
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