SFR 100 Petroleum Oil Fortifier
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Engine oil
Forget engine oil additives. Engine oil has all the needed additives. An oil like Mobil 1 is about as good as it gets for normal gas vehicles driven on roads and highways. There are many others besides Mobil 1.
Regular engine oil only can cause more wear in the long run than when used with a quality additive added. That same oil included with an additive has shown a lot less wear, there are plenty examples of sludged up synthetic engine oils. The oil brand you mentioned is a great engine oil but lubrication will be better with a better additive package. As you know the quality of engine oils depends on its additive package which is advised by a car manufacturer the owner should use. I want my old engine to last forever. A car manufacturer would like to sell more cars each year.
I’m not a blender or tribologist but from what I’ve read blending an oil is a balancing act. To much of a good thing isn’t always better and can take away from something else needed. There is no way to know what an oil additive is doing to a already fully formulated oil. I personally try not to play chemist.
There’s already oils properly formulated for flat tappet cams and classic cars. I would use one of those.
There’s already oils properly formulated for flat tappet cams and classic cars. I would use one of those.
Sure, absolutely. You don't need to be a blender. The work has been done for you. In many cases a mineral oil can be improved. Many older engines with rope seals start leaking when using synthetic engine oil.
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Yes ofcourse i know. I have enough experience with just engine oil and it's crappy lubrication possibilities. Even synthetics as mentioned are actually mainly non-synthetic. If you really want some serious engine oil there are boutique oils like Amsoil but most known other brands are just a nice marketing trick.
All are great engine oils you mentioned. The tribologists and engineers work with a budget so there is room for better lubrication. Used engines with camshaft wear proved that the oil could be better even with a good ZDDP package. Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation about additives being corrosive etc. without adding to that story that a ZDDP additive package in an engine oil could be corrosive to engine parts. Now how would that be possible when tribologists and engineers did their job? Right, think again.
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What did i just write? Camshaft wear? What did i found? I found that when an undamaged camshaft is being used and lubricated with a good additive there is no camshaft/lifter wear. This means the engine oil got better doing it's job. Is that enough experience for you?
Engine oil does not have “crappy lubrication properties”. That’s a load of complete nonsense, and if you think this additive is just the ticket to correct that, well then you’re farther away from the truth than I thought.
And here we go, the uninformed narrative that “synthetics as mentioned are actually mainly in-synthetic”. That shows you are also misinformed here as well.
So are you marketing this additive? If you are then you need to learn a lot more before you drag it in here thinking we might be impressed with your non-answer as to what it does. I mean in a technical sense. We know what the one (and only) constituent of the product is besides a mineral oil carrier, what does that specific additive do exactly?
Do you tell your mechanic after he diagnosed and fixed your car that he only just made an observation? It's not your business if i am in the lubrication business or not.
Like i said no wear. Go read more books so you can keep your hands clean.
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