Moly or Titanium?

[jrustles]

Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: jrustles
Titanium as I understand it offers boundary wear protection on ferrous metals. The same way that soluble moly requires a certain amount of heat to react into MoS2, so too the titanium by some mechanism (not fully understood) reacts with iron to form a molecular layer of iron titanate.

Google 'titanium anti-wear oil iron titanate' and you'll probably get an article about it.


Are you saying the soluble moly found in most oils turns into mos2 by some reaction or process in an engine?
I've never heard that before. Any links that I can read? I'm interested on how that happens.


I'm positive that it's been discussed here before.


http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1013974430585#

Should be able to find out more from other sources, particularly on the heat activated ligand exchange reaction b/w ZDDP/MoDTC

 

[Clevy]

Originally Posted By: jrustles
Originally Posted By: Clevy
Originally Posted By: jrustles
Titanium as I understand it offers boundary wear protection on ferrous metals. The same way that soluble moly requires a certain amount of heat to react into MoS2, so too the titanium by some mechanism (not fully understood) reacts with iron to form a molecular layer of iron titanate.

Google 'titanium anti-wear oil iron titanate' and you'll probably get an article about it.


Are you saying the soluble moly found in most oils turns into mos2 by some reaction or process in an engine?
I've never heard that before. Any links that I can read? I'm interested on how that happens.


I'm positive that it's been discussed here before.


http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1013974430585#

Should be able to find out more from other sources, particularly on the heat activated ligand exchange reaction b/w ZDDP/MoDTC



Thanks. I'm interested on how that works.

 

[Errtt]

What's one to do... Titanium and/or Moly.

Moly takes some time/miles to layer in. Titanium doesn't take as much heat, time/miles to layer in - at least that was the way I understood it.

1 of 3 vehicles I was running PP SN. It currently has 1st fill of Kendall FS SN. Kendall next to impossible OTC locally.
I still have enough Kendall for another change plus a few extra quarts. I have enough PP for a few changes.

I don't know if I should use the Kendall next change, or go back to PP and forget the Kendall, or mix the two which then I get both Titanium and Moly.
I'll probably use the Kendall, 5 quarts then have 2 leftover, or forget it and go PP and have 7 quarts of Kendall for OPE or whatever. As hard as it was to find/get the Kendall locally, I don't see any long term use... but the 7 quarts would last me a couple/few years if for OPE.

Moly time proven, effective. Ti doesn't seem to have negative things about it and layer's in sooner (I believe).