Originally Posted by Olas
Originally Posted by Triple_Se7en
Originally Posted by demarpaint
Originally Posted by Olas
Re moly falling out of suspension;
My hunnch is that gravity will pull the particles to the bottom of the sump pan. Incidentally, the oil pick up is located at the bottom of the sump pan! Further, the bottom of the majority of sump pand is not flat but angled toward the pickup (and drain plug, theyre usually close to one another.)
as the pickup sucks up oil from the bottom of the pan, what mechanism do we assume to be at work to keep the moly seperate from the oil? how does the pickup differentiate and choose what it picks up?
lastly, why does oil retain the silver colour of mos2 if it has all fallen to the bottom of the pan? what dye or colourant is in use?
If you haven't seen pictures of MoS2 collected at the bottom of an oil pan, PM Trav. His pictures ended several members from using the product, especially in vehicles that aren't driven everyday. He had similar observations with Ceratec in a compressor.
Three OCIs using MoS2 with three different synthetic brands of 5w30 oil (Castrol / Pennzoil / Valvoline) and there's no separate collection of MoS2 in my drain pans.
Maybe the car has to sit for 2 weeks or longer for it to start to settle? several bottles over the years, never see anything settled in the sump. differnet formulations?
Maybe 2 weeks, maybe a little less, maybe a little more. I saw the pictures, and Trav started and moved the car before dropping the oil pan, so the stuff didn't go back into suspension. As the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words.
I occasionally go on vacations, and travel by air, so my cars might sit a week, maybe more. If I work in NYC I use the LIRR, so my van could sit for weeks. Having said that I have dabbled in additives, if I were inclined to want to boost moly, there are better choices IMO than LM's MoS2. Lubegard Biotech Engine Protectant uses a different moly, a moly which oil companies use, that stays in suspension. Knowing that I see no point in using MoS2 for anything other than coating bullets. Just to be clear, not all if it falls out of suspension, but there was quite a bit in Trav's pictures. As always opinions vary.