Yesterday was my 5 year anniversary as a BITOG member. This was my first post:
Originally Posted By: Solarent
I realize this may be not your typical first post response (as I recently joined the forum) but I wanted to weigh in with chubbs1 + Q:
Adding Boron is not as simple as just going to your local chemical company and picking up some various borates or borated sulphonates and mixing it in with your oil (unless of course you are a lubricant blender).
Resampling and checking the accuracy of your test is the best way to go; a loss of 8ppm of boron could be a result of filtering as some of the boron found in the virgin oil may also have operated as a detergent acting on some of the contaminants you wanted removed.
If you want to increase your boron levels then you need an oil with more boron in it to begin with (like chubbs1 said).
There are additives that also contain boron, but they are few and far between and if your wear is properly under control then don't worry too much about it (reliable additive companies that do use boron usually aren't advertising it). Remember that boron is part of only one of about 5 EP/AW compounds that are used in your oil.
There are several good threads on Boron on this site if you want more info.
All in all - just monitor your wear, knowing that your boron levels are a low. So keep that in mind while doing your sampling and watch for a trend.
It got me thinking about how far I have come in that short time. If you asked me 10 years ago if I would be regularly visiting and posting on a site for engine oil enthusiasts I would have told you that you were crazy.
Go back and look at your first post and put it here in a quote box so we can see how far you have come!
Originally Posted By: Solarent
I realize this may be not your typical first post response (as I recently joined the forum) but I wanted to weigh in with chubbs1 + Q:
Adding Boron is not as simple as just going to your local chemical company and picking up some various borates or borated sulphonates and mixing it in with your oil (unless of course you are a lubricant blender).
Resampling and checking the accuracy of your test is the best way to go; a loss of 8ppm of boron could be a result of filtering as some of the boron found in the virgin oil may also have operated as a detergent acting on some of the contaminants you wanted removed.
If you want to increase your boron levels then you need an oil with more boron in it to begin with (like chubbs1 said).
There are additives that also contain boron, but they are few and far between and if your wear is properly under control then don't worry too much about it (reliable additive companies that do use boron usually aren't advertising it). Remember that boron is part of only one of about 5 EP/AW compounds that are used in your oil.
There are several good threads on Boron on this site if you want more info.
All in all - just monitor your wear, knowing that your boron levels are a low. So keep that in mind while doing your sampling and watch for a trend.
It got me thinking about how far I have come in that short time. If you asked me 10 years ago if I would be regularly visiting and posting on a site for engine oil enthusiasts I would have told you that you were crazy.
Go back and look at your first post and put it here in a quote box so we can see how far you have come!