I know almost nothing about motor oil, I'm just an owner operator with one truck, I recently spent a lot of money rebuilding my diesel engine and I have a bypass filter system on it. What I’m wondering about is the claim of Motorkote that it reduces wear caused by dry starts.
I know that the debate over oil additives centers mostly around fuel savings, increase in HP, and reduction in engine wear, and that most people who are expert in the field don’t feel they are necessary.
My question is whether the MK claim of reducing wear from dry starts has any validity, since my trucking operation is not one in which the truck is constantly running – it is turned off for a day or more on a regular basis.
Here are the CAS#s and MSDS info for MK posted in 2002. It may be noteworthy that the product name has changed from Motorkote 100 to just Motorkote since then, but the MSDS has not been updated. The order is simply numeric, not necessarily by content -- I think it is all
64741-88-4 Solvent-Refined Heavy Paraffinic Distillate (Petroleum)
64742-01-4 Residual Oils, Petroleum, Solvent-Refined
64742-57-0 Residual Oils, Petroleum, Hydrotreated
64742-58-1 Lubricating Oils, Petroleum, Hydrotreated-Spent
64742-62-7 Residual Oils, Petroleum, Solvent-Dewaxed
72623-83-7 LUBRICATING OILS (PETROLEUM), C>25, HYDROTREATED BRIGHT STOCK-BASED