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When LUBEGARD LXE®(Liquid Wax Ester)Technology is present in the oil, its molecules are adsorbed onto the internal metal surfaces soaking up the heat and transferring it to the bulk oil from the metal surfaces. The oil and LXE molecules containing the heat are then dispersed to the external metal housing where it is dissipated to the atmosphere (surroundings). Other competing additives can actually trap in excess heat in critical functional areas - likely resulting in failures.
A bit of scripting license has been employed here to the subject of thermodynamics:
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When LUBEGARD LXE®(Liquid Wax Ester)Technology is present in the oil, its molecules are adsorbed onto the internal metal surfaces soaking up the heat and transferring it to the bulk oil from the metal surfaces. The oil and LXE molecules containing the heat are then dispersed to the external metal housing where it is dissipated to the atmosphere (surroundings).
Heat is transferred by ALL fluids, whether mineral or synthetic. With synthetic fluids, there is a very minute increase of heat transfer over mineral oils.
Somewhere on this site I calculated the very slight increase in heat transfer by synthetic oils verses mineral oils.
You have to remember that heat is transferred by many methods, but mostly by convection and conduction. If heat is not transfrred out of liquid molecule, it goes through a phase change to a property called a "gas." So you cannot "trap" heat without a temperature increase in the substance and the liquid changing to a gas, called "volatization."
LG has extra anti-oxidants, a small amount of AW additives, and the esters in a base oil.
I still don't see a need for it in vehicles using the newer low viscosity ATF's.
