I'll just put this out there...
So many of you say the one arm bandit AKA the timken test is totally irrelevant to whats going on inside an engine but if you knew engines you would realize its really not that far from actual... sure it doesn't replicate the crankshaft main bearings and rod bearings floating on a hydrodynamic boundary layer of oil but it DOES simulate the top end of an engine like the Honda D/B series with non-roller cam followers applying decent pressure to the camshaft in a purely friction-related contact point. Many other OHC engines have valvetrains that function like this and do not have roller lifters/followers.(think older BMW engines with lash caps and flat tappets etc) I can also see piston skirt to cylinder wall contact and scuffing a relevant situation to this so-called useless test.
You guys that are anti-additive will argue til you're blue in the face. Let it go! If someone gets a warm and fuzzy over using an additive let them!! Must you really go to such great lengths to disprove an additive and that you couldn't be convinced anyway no matter if it truly did work?!?
So many of you say the one arm bandit AKA the timken test is totally irrelevant to whats going on inside an engine but if you knew engines you would realize its really not that far from actual... sure it doesn't replicate the crankshaft main bearings and rod bearings floating on a hydrodynamic boundary layer of oil but it DOES simulate the top end of an engine like the Honda D/B series with non-roller cam followers applying decent pressure to the camshaft in a purely friction-related contact point. Many other OHC engines have valvetrains that function like this and do not have roller lifters/followers.(think older BMW engines with lash caps and flat tappets etc) I can also see piston skirt to cylinder wall contact and scuffing a relevant situation to this so-called useless test.
You guys that are anti-additive will argue til you're blue in the face. Let it go! If someone gets a warm and fuzzy over using an additive let them!! Must you really go to such great lengths to disprove an additive and that you couldn't be convinced anyway no matter if it truly did work?!?