Forum :: Lounge :: Changing Laptop Oil

...wait, what?

Well, i've done precisely that. It's awesome. Took the entire top housing off an Apple MacBook, which gave me access to the fan and heatpipe assembly. Removed the fan from the computer, took the steel covers off and began flushing the old oil out of the bearings with a methylated spirit.

Once the fan was clean of the old oil, I began to slowly feed in the new oil. I decided to go for something rated to last a bit longer than fan oil.

Tim Taylor would be proud.

With the new oil in the fan assembly, I cleaned away the Arctic Silver Ceramique and changed it with a metallic based CoolerMaster HTK-002. Compressed the copper transfer plates against the CPU and chipset to get any air out of the assembly and then tensioned it down. Refitted the fan and started the machine up.

The fan got stuck for a bit (has to bleed the new oil into the bearings), but after 2 minutes running a fan-thrash test, it was spinning freely and significantly quieter than before. I left it running for 30 minutes just to let the machine cook for a while.

CPU Temperature at idle is 45C, down from 55C. Under load the temperature varies, but i've always found the temperature difference to be consistent, so with a 10C drop, and the previous load temperature was 80C, i'm guessing 70C is a safe guess.

Now that is how you fix a computer!

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Sweet! Saved you another $30 =P

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haha i think i should did that to my old comp cause it always over heated and shut down, ontill one day it would not start.

can you show how to cook even on a laptop hahahah

on the graphics card or processor hahahah

francuz posted: (11th Mar 2011 05:52 pm)

can you show how to cook even on a laptop hahahah

on the graphics card or processor hahahah

srry i told on onther topic my english is bad omg ... ;p

francuz posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:07 pm)

srry i told on onther topic my english is bad omg ... ;p

colbymsn posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:11 pm)

francuz posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:07 pm)

srry i told on onther topic my english is bad omg ... ;p

haha its ight man

And were did you buy oil sblord

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Mattâ„¢ posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:22 pm)

colbymsn posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:11 pm)

francuz posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:07 pm)

srry i told on onther topic my english is bad omg ... ;p

haha its ight man

And were did you buy oil sblord

*looks at the bottle he showed*

Gas Station.

Good Idea, lol.

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"Natalia"

Natalia posted: (11th Mar 2011 08:02 pm)

Good Idea, lol.

Thanks, xD. 

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"Natalia"

Pretty sure Mobil Super 1000 is a bit thick for it... I used an SaE 20w50 (for old car engines) and it took a while for the oil to start moving on the first start. Something like a 5w30 would probably work better in things like fans. 

You could also use the genuine fan oil, but I see no fun in that.

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Yeah,I'm not very skilled at this kind of stuff. I wouldn't take my fan apart because I do have one thing, common sense.I would probably have my friend do it for me. :*P

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colbymsn posted: (11th Mar 2011 06:03 pm)

francuz posted: (11th Mar 2011 05:52 pm)

can you show how to cook even on a laptop hahahah

on the graphics card or processor hahahah

Can you show me how to cook on a laptop hahahahaha.

On the graphics card or the processor hahahaha

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Work on your english dude that is how it should look