Pennzoil Platinum technical queston

[FrankN4]

Can someone help me understand what is actually being said here? This is from the PP web site:

"Unique Adaptive Molecules divide or cluster together under
extreme engine stresses of heat, shear, and pressure to help
reduce oil breakdown and the resulting deposits."

If molecules divide, would that not thin the base oil and give less oil film between parts? Would it be like a temporary viscosity reduction? Would it be like a flexible viscosity index?

 

[Quattro Pete]

Good luck trying to decipher merketoids.

 

[hate2work]

Yep, someone like Johnny got a bonus for coming up with that.

 

[buster]

I believe they are referring to their viscosity modifier.

 

[Black_Thunder]

it means it lubes well

 

[SilverC6]

Just repeat after me....

Pennzoil Platinum is gooood!

 

[scoobie]

they're claiming that the polymer will depolymerize and repolymerize on demand --- hahahahaha, and they think you will believe that --- hahahahaha -- there is a fool born every minute (they fail to mention that for a polymer to form you need specific conditions and a catalyst, none of which is present inside
and internal combustion engine, but the probably laugh all the way
to the bank $$$$$ yep!!! - strange what the love of money will persuade people to do)

The sad part is, it's a really good oil, but they lie about it, to sell more.

 

[greenaccord02]

All oils have different magical properties - you have to read their marketing to understand what these properties are.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Yeah. Castrol might as well write something about magic elixir made by Elves on the bottle of GC. It might help sales since it makes for a nice bedtime story. After you're done changing your oil, you can read it to your kids.

 

[greenaccord02]

That's a real story, Pete. Adaptive Molacules are one thing, but the Elves are the real deal. This is serious business.

 

[Neely97]

Great, I just bought Penn Platinum for the wife's car, now I have to worry about the possibility of her splitting atoms!
What is that about a cluster?

 

[Boomer]

Could be some type of hydrogen bonding that gives way and reforms. For example, if you sublime bezoic acid, the vapor over the solid acid exists in the form of a molecular dimer due to the hydrogen bonding of the acid groups. So I suspect some such is going on. Could even be a weaker intermolecular attraction between ester molecules! The chemists related this in a meteting with marketing and this is how it ended up. Worked as a chemist for decades and watched marketing take what we said and put it into "words the public could understand!"

 

[Johnny]

Originally Posted By: hate2work

Yep, someone like Johnny got a bonus for coming up with that.


I got a bonus? Seems they forgot to send it to me.

 

[webfors]

Don't know what it means, but it sure sounds good

 

[FrankN4]

Originally Posted By: Boomer
Could be some type of hydrogen bonding that gives way and reforms. For example, if you sublime bezoic acid, the vapor over the solid acid exists in the form of a molecular dimer due to the hydrogen bonding of the acid groups.


That is almost exactly what I was thinking. Or, could they have discovered a way to polymerize Illudium PU-235 as normally used in explosive space modulators?

 

[FZ1]

I just hope my oil pan doesn't explode.

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: FrankN4

Can someone help me understand what is actually being said here? This is from the PP web site:

"Unique Adaptive Molecules divide or cluster together under
extreme engine stresses of heat, shear, and pressure to help
reduce oil breakdown and the resulting deposits."

If molecules divide, would that not thin the base oil and give less oil film between parts? Would it be like a temporary viscosity reduction? Would it be like a flexible viscosity index?





Seems like their MBA marketing guys flunked physics and chemistry in high school.

 

[Liquid_Turbo]

Another reason why NOT to use PP.

just kidding.

 

[Kestas]

If you can't dazzle them with facts, baffle them with bullcookies.

 

[Drew2000]

So the little molecules huddle together to keep warm in the winter, but spread out when it's hot to keep cool??? These are some pretty smart 'cules! This is my favorite oil now! I'm not buyin' some lazy-a$$ molecule oil with them just sittn' around doing nuthing!


Drew