Seems that all Blue Devil products use the same ingredients.

[andrewf150]

I got curious the other day and looked up the SDS from all their products. They are nearly 100% identical across their product line. Their oil stop leak and Rear main seal is exactly the same according to the SDS. I've used Blue devil oil stop before and have had decent results, but I am salty about their marketing now. I don't think I will be using their products anymore due to the shady marketing and pricin g. Their rear main seal is more expensive then their oil stop for the same amount, they just put it in a round bottle instead of the flask bottle for the oil leak.
Kinda pisses me off.

 

[Hootbro]

The "Mechanic in a Bottle" stuff I avoid at all costs. Usually causes more problems than it cures.

 

[CarlB]

I got curious the other day and looked up the SDS from all their products. They are nearly 100% identical across their product line. Their oil stop leak and Rear main seal is exactly the same according to the SDS. I've used Blue devil oil stop before and have had decent results, but I am salty about their marketing now. I don't think I will be using their products anymore due to the shady marketing and pricin g. Their rear main seal is more expensive then their oil stop for the same amount, they just put it in a round bottle instead of the flask bottle for the oil leak.
Kinda pisses me off.

Ok. Why should they be any different?

 

[andrewf150]

Ok. Why should they be any different?

my ingorance would assume since they are claiming different results than it would contain different ingredients, not THE Eact same

 

[Pablo]

I know nothing of the Purple Devil products, but you know you really can't determine much with a MSDS. I have people do this to me, make all sorts of claims, based on the MSDS what a product does and doesn't contain. Just not possible.

They only need to claim the materials that are hazardous and in a very general quantity and sometimes in very general family. They don't have to claim ingredients that do the PRIMARY job if not hazardous.

SDS is NOT a formula.

 

[Dave9]

Exactly the same or just the same ingredients but % or range of % differs? If % differs, they may be using more of the more expensive ingredient in the more expensive product?

 

[Donald]

I know nothing of the Purple Devil products, but you know you really can't determine much with a MSDS. I have people do this to me, make all sorts of claims, based on the MSDS what a product does and doesn't contain. Just not possible.

They only need to claim the materials that are hazardous and in a very general quantity and sometimes in very general family. They don't have to claim ingredients that do the PRIMARY job if not hazardous.

SDS is NOT a formula.

I looked at an SDS for a home product and it said 5% to 10% with the exact % being a trade secret.

The SDS is mainly for cautions for spill or fire or drinking some.

 

[nthach]

Isn’t K-Seal and Blue Devil BHG repair just sodium silicate essentially?

 

[slacktide_bitog]

If they're all the same, then why do they have different instructions on how to use them?

 

[Pablo]

Well I've seen some companies - they put "so much energy" (joking) into SDSs they just copy the same one for all products.

 

[Hootbro]

If they're all the same, then why do they have different instructions on how to use them?

They are not all the exact same. Like alluded to, the SDS just has to mention the chemicals that are a safety risk and that a SDS is not a recipe composition of the exact product make up. That is also the reason the chemicals that are listed have wide % ranges it could be but not exactly.