Auto-Rx similar to Shell ENSIS RX?

[yummy88]

I was about to use Auto-RX (great reviews here)and was searching on the net for the opinions of others and this is what I came across. Apparently Auto-RX MSDS number is 68440-09-5 and if you search, Shell Oil has a product with the same MSDS number and it is called ENSIS-RX (note both these products has an RX in it) and it is a "solvent-based rust preventative". 68440-09-5 is oxidized wax - whatever that is. So is oxidized wax the active ingredient?

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef125e5/50

 

[bruce381]

they are all wrong the cas number only "generalizes" a chemical and may or maynot call out and exact name both the lanolin esters used in Auto RX and the oxidized wax used in the shell ensis maybe from or close to same starting point chemical and thus have same number but they are NOT the same thing.
BUT interesting they both have RX?

 

[buy_25]

some funny posts in there. It gets good around post 80

 

[SSDude]

Auto-rx is not solvant based.

 

[BrianWC]

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Auto-rx is not solvant based.

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That's pure sematics....

 

[Vilan]

I dunno. Oxidized wax doesn't mean it'll be anything much similar to plain wax. Rust is oxidized iron, but it doesn't bear much resemblance to plain iron.

 

[Rick20]

Some of the folks at Edmonds are misguided. Oxidation will likely go up in a used oil sample with Auto-Rx, because of the level of cleaning. Sludge or deposits are basically oxidized oil. Once dissolved by auto-rx and suspended in the host oil, naturally the oxidation value goes up. That tells me it is working. Lower nitration is a good thing. May be indicative of better ring sealing. Nitration of the oil is normally promoted from blowby gasses. Evidently some of the Edmonds folks think that its better to leave the deposits in the engine. They can't seem to grasp the concept that to get a seal to reseal against a rotating shaft journal, you first must remove the ________ packed up under the seal.