How many of you are familiar with Garkunov Effect?
In short - basically it was found that nano-particles of copper in oil fill up the metal and act as wear reducers, or more so wear eliminators. AKA Copper attaches to the metal and acts as the cushion that takes all the punishment of the friction, without causing much (if any) wear to the metal the copper attached itself to. I have read some about it and the most recent example I could find is a guy who used Cupper 5w40 (Motor oil with copper, Not available in USA sadly) in a Volkswagen Tiguan with a 2.0L TSI engine and 4Motion AWD system. His results were that over the course of 2 OCIs (about 14k miles) the gas mileage went from 27mpg to 33mpg, or 8.5L/100km down to 7L/100km. So as result I started searching for oils on US ground that use that copper additive chemistry in their oils. Only one I found so far was Renewable Lubricants Inc. Question: Anyone knows of other oils or oil additives containing copper as anti-wear agent?
In short - basically it was found that nano-particles of copper in oil fill up the metal and act as wear reducers, or more so wear eliminators. AKA Copper attaches to the metal and acts as the cushion that takes all the punishment of the friction, without causing much (if any) wear to the metal the copper attached itself to. I have read some about it and the most recent example I could find is a guy who used Cupper 5w40 (Motor oil with copper, Not available in USA sadly) in a Volkswagen Tiguan with a 2.0L TSI engine and 4Motion AWD system. His results were that over the course of 2 OCIs (about 14k miles) the gas mileage went from 27mpg to 33mpg, or 8.5L/100km down to 7L/100km. So as result I started searching for oils on US ground that use that copper additive chemistry in their oils. Only one I found so far was Renewable Lubricants Inc. Question: Anyone knows of other oils or oil additives containing copper as anti-wear agent?