Valve Train Friction Reduction

[buster]

http://www.conocophillipslubricants.com/brands-products/kendall_brand/titanium.aspx#/Videos/industry

The second half of the video talks about an increase in friction reduction.

0w20 Kendall

Viscosity, Kinematic
cSt @ 40°C 43.0
cSt @ 100°C 8.2
Viscosity Index 171
Tbn 8.6

 

[ottotheclown]

In the NY area this oil is at Pep Boys and sells for $5.49 qt. Might give it a try.

 

[Slick17601]

They could be on to something. We already know Conoco makes a quality product.

 

[demarpaint]

It looks good.

 

[Ken2]

Moly does the same thing at higher cost.

 

[CATERHAM]

Originally Posted By: Ken2
Moly does the same thing at higher cost.

Exactly so why not go with the real deal?

The Japanese OEM 0W-20 oils contain a boat load of organic moly sourced from Akeda in Japan. That includes the EOM made Toyota 0W-20:

http://www.adk.co.jp/en/chemical/pickup/pickup01.html

And with their VI's of 200+ they are much lighter on start-up to the Kendall 5W-20 and are readily available ant any Toyota, Lexus and Honda dealership.

As a point of interest, COF took the Honda Brand 0W-20 contract away from Idemitsu. It would be interesting to know if they are still using moly in the formulation like Idemitsu did or if they have switched to Ti?
We'll know soon enough as member BruceT is going to have Dyson do a VOA on the COF made Honda 0W-20.

 

[buster]

Who is COF?

 

[CATERHAM]

Sorry, Conoco Phillips (COP).