Molybdenum Disulfide powder.
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Take one for the team, give it a try and do a UOA after 5K miles.
Are we talking the "black powder"
Yes. The dry reagent grade 99.9% purity powder
how do you know it would even make it through your oil filter?
Better mix it to death, or it'll wind up the same place a lot of MOS2 goes-to the bottom of the sump! (And yes, I do use LM MOS2 IN MODERATION)
Particle size < 1.5 microns should make it through most filters, wouldn't it?
If you're going to do this, add it to the bottle of oil, shake it up and let it rest a few days before the oil change. Then pour in without shaking up the bottle again. If you added too much or the stuff is clumping togehter it will be on the bottom of the container and not in your oil pan or galleries.
1.5 microns should be small enough but LM uses 0.3 microns IIRC?
1.5 microns should be small enough but LM uses 0.3 microns IIRC?
It's great for coating bullets, not so good for use in oil. That info came directly from the mfg of the stuff. It falls out of suspension in oil. Flame suit on.
Zee09
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I did it in 1997 on a new Dodge Stratus as I was a reseller of the stuff. Nothing bad happened but I would not do it again. True story.
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No saying something bad will happen because I don’t know, but what are you hoping to accomplish with this experiment? I just don’t see any upside here. If there were, I would think the chemists would have done it already with their oil blends.
Next you could try mixing in some nano particle graphite. Wait.....
In keeping with BITOG tradition, I've often wondered what would happen if you ran your engine on 100% Assembly Lubricant? Think about it..... Zinc, Zinc, and still more ZINC!
Let's face it. If a little is good, then more has to be better. And too much should just be enough! The whole engine could turn so freely, it just might turn into a perpetual motion machine.
Let's face it. If a little is good, then more has to be better. And too much should just be enough! The whole engine could turn so freely, it just might turn into a perpetual motion machine.
Your first mistake is taking on the assumption that trained, educated and degreed chemists, know more than BITOG posters..... WRONG!
4WD
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Just would not tamper with a proper formulation - a balance of tribology …
Some insight on zink and moly here;
I can’t imagine dumping a powder like that into my motor oil. I’m not capable nor qualified to formulate my own oil.
But maybe that’s just me.
