One bad thing about additives we might buy off the shelf, is that we don't know if they might upset the balance of all the additives in our motor oil. "surface competition"
Some engine wear reduction additives we mix ourselves into our oil may interfere with the additives already in a fully formulated engine oil.
Which ones work? Which ones don't interfere with what's already there?
I'm not going to sit smugly back and condemn every bottled formulation out there, yet I know some may not play well with additive packages already in motor oil.
Polymer Esters: (Hyperlube Zinc Replacement, Croda P3986, Nissan Ester Oil)
Chlorinated Paraffins: (Prolong) - Toxic, works at warm temperatures, not cold.
Ionic Lubricants (IL): (Can't buy them now; Oak Ridge, Lubrizol, GM) - Looks they are coming in 0w-16 oils, although you can't just mix with other oils will-nilly.
Moly: (Liqui Moly MOS2)
ZDDP: (STP, Mobil1 0w-30 Racing Oil used as an additive) - Starts working at higher temperatures, too much pollutes catalysts.
Ceramic Particles: (Ceratec, NanoTech Lubricants, VanLube 289, Nissan Ester Oil)
Answers should probably include some reference source or other solid info. Also, reducing wear is the game here.
http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/07/f17/ft014_qu_2014_o.pdf
http://www.elevance.com/documents/200909_techbeat.pdf
http://www.crodalubricants.com/download.aspx?s=133&m=doc&id=258
Some engine wear reduction additives we mix ourselves into our oil may interfere with the additives already in a fully formulated engine oil.
Which ones work? Which ones don't interfere with what's already there?
I'm not going to sit smugly back and condemn every bottled formulation out there, yet I know some may not play well with additive packages already in motor oil.
Polymer Esters: (Hyperlube Zinc Replacement, Croda P3986, Nissan Ester Oil)
Chlorinated Paraffins: (Prolong) - Toxic, works at warm temperatures, not cold.
Ionic Lubricants (IL): (Can't buy them now; Oak Ridge, Lubrizol, GM) - Looks they are coming in 0w-16 oils, although you can't just mix with other oils will-nilly.
Moly: (Liqui Moly MOS2)
ZDDP: (STP, Mobil1 0w-30 Racing Oil used as an additive) - Starts working at higher temperatures, too much pollutes catalysts.
Ceramic Particles: (Ceratec, NanoTech Lubricants, VanLube 289, Nissan Ester Oil)
Answers should probably include some reference source or other solid info. Also, reducing wear is the game here.
http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/07/f17/ft014_qu_2014_o.pdf
http://www.elevance.com/documents/200909_techbeat.pdf
http://www.crodalubricants.com/download.aspx?s=133&m=doc&id=258