| With all the negative articles about oil additives, which | | | | on short trips or stop-and-go driving in traffic uses |
| were written and widely supported by special | | | | only a fraction of available engine power. Because the |
| interest groups, it is time to tell the truth about oil | | | | cooling systems must be able to meet the |
| additives. In most cases, they exert a positive | | | | requirements of the engine cooling at high speed, |
| function and with regular use can provide a number | | | | they overcool May engine short trip driving. In light of |
| of advantages for vehicles and equipment. | | | | these service engines treatment and motor oils warm |
| First, get one thing; it is important to distinguish from | | | | up slowly and often fail to reach the correct |
| oil additives developed by companies that have been | | | | operating temperature. |
| tested, and others, usually by individuals, without such | | | | Under these conditions automatic chokes will provide |
| testing and documentation. Anyone can put an | | | | the engine treatment of the rich air-fuel mixture it |
| additive package and have a label. There are many | | | | needs to function well at low temperatures, but this |
| on the market, which have no real control, although | | | | richness will result in incomplete combustion. Soot and |
| they say they do. This is where additives have | | | | partially oxidized hydrocarbons subjected to oxidation |
| received a bad name. On the other hand, there are a | | | | in the crankcase, forming deposits of sludge and |
| number of companies that sell additives that have | | | | varnish. These screens May butcher oil or plug oil |
| extensive research and development teams that | | | | rings, interfering with oil circulation and control, or if |
| have tested their additive packages. For example, | | | | May cause hydraulic valve lifters and valves to stick. |
| Lubrizol whose incomes were over $ 4 billion for 2005 | | | | Corrosive acids are formed at the origin of the wear |
| specializes in particular in the Oil additives and engine | | | | of piston rings, cylinders, and occasionally on piston |
| parts processing. Any person who makes that kind | | | | skirts. Steam from combustion condenses on cylinder |
| of volume is not selling snake oil to millions of dumb | | | | walls and drains into the crankcase. Water, often in |
| consumers-just does not happen. And they are only | | | | combination with acidic gases, due May valve lifters |
| one of several that are very important. Others | | | | to rust and stick. It May also create rust deposits on |
| include Ornate, Ethyl, Infineum, Bardahl, Wynn's, SFR, | | | | piston pins, rocker trees, stems and valves. Liquid fuel |
| Power Up, STP, and Slick 50. This is only a partial list | | | | leak past the piston rings dilutes the lubricating oil and |
| of companies that have well documented additive | | | | reduces its value. These are some of the effects of |
| products. | | | | the operation of engine treatment in cold |
| Indeed, the additives are used in most lubricants, | | | | temperatures. |
| because even the best synthetic base oils cannot | | | | In contrast legal speed limit driving and long trips, and |
| protect vital parts, as there are oil additives that do | | | | allows the engine oil warm p properly. The choke is |
| all the work. Let's concentrate on the internal | | | | open, and the carburetor is feeding the cylinders with |
| combustion engine to consider the need for additives. | | | | a lean, clean burning fuel-air mixture. Therefore, little |
| According to the American Petroleum Institute the | | | | or no incomplete combustion to produce soot other |
| powerful watchdog for oil companies, the | | | | residue. In these conditions, the water is not a |
| temperatures and types of service in which an | | | | compensation issue or the dilution of engine oil in raw |
| engine is operated vary markedly. Moderate speed | | | | fuel. |