Archive for March, 2009
Major Oil Companies Once Again Prove Additives Work
Friday, March 27th, 2009
Countless articles have been written about additives and how they do not work, but the major oil companies continue to prove their effectiveness constantly. Every time a new motor oil warranty specification is created it increases the additives and addresses the problems that the last specification didn’t take care of.
GF-4 Needs Improvement With More Additives
GF-5 the latest motor oil warranty specification that intends to come to market in 2010, is loaded with additional additives. The additive suppliers have found that the current GF-4 specification doesn’t fully address the following problem areas: greater sludge protection, which means more detergent/dispersants; more engine durability then what the current additives provide, which includes more anti-wear agents; rust protection, which means more TBN or similar additives to reduce corrosive wear due to high heat in modern engines; turbo chargers are still failing thus additional extreme pressure agents are needed to address this problem that has been going on for many years, and finally additional fuel economy, which equates to more friction modifiers. This adds up to a healthy increase in the use of additives. So much for all the people that write don’t use additives as it will cause upheaval to the fine chemical balance. With all of increase in additives this would certainly upset the balance as they call it. (more…)
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