A Trip to High Performance Lubricants

[SteveG4]

Originally Posted by buster

Place looks immaculate.

It is immaculate! The owner(s) must be prior military. The plant has that look and feel to it. Most impressed!

 

[RDY4WAR]

Originally Posted by BTLew81

Anyone have a pds on the pcmo and hdmo oils? I'm interested in this for my 18 accord 2.0t and would love to support a very local company.

...and here's the PCMO. https://www.hplubricants.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/PC-Engine-Oil-PDS.pdf

 

[userfriendly]

10W20, HTHS 2.9

 

[bulwnkl]

Originally Posted by RDY4WAR

The high amounts of moly, ZDDP, and ester counter LSPI despite the high amount of calcium. This is a more effective way of dealing with LSPI.

I believe that Mg is generally more expensive than Ca in the DD package. I further believe _that_ is the primary reason oils have shifted away from Mg toward Ca over the years (decades?). Even in the '80s, we chose an all-fleet oil with higher Mg levels than the 'typical' oils were using at that time, because we believed it to be a technically superior approach.

 

[Virtus_Probi]

Originally Posted by bulwnkl

Originally Posted by RDY4WAR

The high amounts of moly, ZDDP, and ester counter LSPI despite the high amount of calcium. This is a more effective way of dealing with LSPI.

I believe that Mg is generally more expensive than Ca in the DD package. I further believe _that_ is the primary reason oils have shifted away from Mg toward Ca over the years (decades?). Even in the '80s, we chose an all-fleet oil with higher Mg levels than the 'typical' oils were using at that time, because we believed it to be a technically superior approach.

It would probably take me a while to track it down, but some time ago I posted a link to a lubrication industry paper that reported that magnesium based detergents had the capability of interfering with the beneficial synergistic effects of ZDDP and MoS2 in motor oil. The fix that was reported for this was the use of a boron based additive, IIRC...the details are fuzzy. Anyway, I took this to be a possible reason for why calcium based detergents were far more prevalent before the LSPI issue raised its ugly head...using magnesium required some extra care in the oil formulation. Just my own thoughts and quite possibly completely wrong and useless...

 

[jurko]

Free shipping on orders >$100 or $150 would be nice.

 

[OilReport99]

I won't rule out I'll buy some 0w-16 for the Camry.

 

[bulwnkl]

Originally Posted by Virtus_Probi

Originally Posted by bulwnkl

I believe that Mg is generally more expensive than Ca in the DD package. I further believe _that_ is the primary reason oils have shifted away from Mg toward Ca over the years (decades?). Even in the '80s, we chose an all-fleet oil with higher Mg levels than the 'typical' oils were using at that time, because we believed it to be a technically superior approach.

It would probably take me a while to track it down, but some time ago I posted a link to a lubrication industry paper that reported that magnesium based detergents had the capability of interfering with the beneficial synergistic effects of ZDDP and MoS2 in motor oil. The fix that was reported for this was the use of a boron based additive, IIRC...the details are fuzzy. Anyway, I took this to be a possible reason for why calcium based detergents were far more prevalent before the LSPI issue raised its ugly head...using magnesium required some extra care in the oil formulation. Just my own thoughts and quite possibly completely wrong and useless...

That would be interesting to read. I assume you mean a Mo compound other than the disulfide(?). I don't think a reputable formulator would put MoS2 in an engine oil, would they? In the timeframe I mentioned, Mg deposits were also reported to be ‘softer' than Ca deposits, another factor in the decision to use the fluids we used.

 

[Strjock81]

Wrapped up a 15k interval on the oil I got on this trip and had a UOA done. Enjoy!

Yukon Denali 6.2L, HPL HP 5w-30, 15,000 mi OCI

Mixed driving, some towing, mostly long highway trips and errands. Was warm for most of this OCI but 2 months of cool-cold weather. As expected no big deal for HPL but happy to see the engine is wearing nicely as this is the first UOA I’ve done on it.

bobistheoilguy.com

 

[SteveG4]

Very impressive and great right up & nice pics to boot also. Dave and Dave seem like very courteous and kind men. Good for them overall!!! Dale

Sure! I always worry about the Goliaths out there... HPL is not that!

This oil looks to be great stuff. HPL has and maintains a wonderful facility. Impressive.

And, Strjock81's Blackstone report, noted just above, is impressive as well.

 

[madeej11]

Thanks. I would like to go there too. Also a tour of Archoil,RedlineOil,Klotz,Schaeffers,M1,Fuchs,Penrite,Purol,Castrol and Motul.

You forgot Amsoil. From what I've heard and seen photos of they also have top notch facilities and cleanliness.

 

[robertcope]

I love a nice boutique product, normally. But with small oil producers, I wonder how they can even come close to having the R&D budget that Exxon, Shell, etc do. I am a casual observer, at best, but it seems like proper R&D in this field would be very expensive, at best. How do the small guys do it?

 

[dnewton3]

I love a nice boutique product, normally. But with small oil producers, I wonder how they can even come close to having the R&D budget that Exxon, Shell, etc do. I am a casual observer, at best, but it seems like proper R&D in this field would be very expensive, at best. How do the small guys do it?

For one thing, the smaller companies don't have to put any money into R&D for base stocks or additive development; they only have to deal with blending. They essentially just shop around for the bases and additives they need which are available on the market. Then they target a customer's goal of what they want to achieve, and then try different base/additive package combinations to achieve the desired effect. They more experienced ones have very little guessing to do; they can get very close very quickly. Then they may only have to "polish" the final lube formula with a tweak here and there.

HPL has a host of impressive folks who know chemistry well. They then use their lab equipment (very impressive set of tools!) to fine tune their products for the customers.