WPC Treatment or Oil Extreme additive?
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sc2dave
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WPC Treatment or Oil Extreme additive?
Which would be better? WPC Treatment or just use the Oil Extreme additive? https://wpctreatment.com/about.htm. or https://www.oilextreme.com/ Both have good reviews
Re: WPC Treatment or Oil Extreme additive?
sc2dave wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:15 am Which would be better? WPC Treatment or just use the Oil Extreme additive? https://wpctreatment.com/about.htm. or https://www.oilextreme.com/ Both have good reviews
Don’t know about the surface treatment but no on the additive.
Any time you ad something like that you change the formulation of the oil, and if you spent the money for a quality oil some tribologist spent a huge amount of time developing that formula.
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Re: WPC Treatment or Oil Extreme additive?
Looking at the lab report:
Silicon = 6 ppm (anti-foaming agent in new oil, but in used oil, certain gasket materials and dirt can also add to this number)
Boron = 87 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge)
Magnesium = 52 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge)
Calcium = 7,652 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge, and at high levels as part of calcium petroleum sulfontate, can also increase an oil’s anti-wear capabilities)
Barium = 0 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge)
Zinc = 765 ppm (anti-wear)
Phos = 624 ppm (anti-wear)
Moly = 52 ppm (anti-wear)
Potassium = 4 ppm (anti-freeze corrosion inhibitor)
Sodium = 505 ppm (anti-freeze corrosion inhibitor)
TBN = 23.2 (Total Base Number) This is an acid neutralizer to prevent corrosion. Most gasoline engine motor oils start with TBN around 8 or 9. This becomes depleted over time as mileage accumulates. And it is not unusual for this value to drop by about 5.0 points per 5,000 miles.
Viscosity (cSt at 100*C) = 10.1 (cSt range for SAE 30 is 9.3 to 12.4) And cSt (centistokes) in general terms, represents an oil’s thickness
That overbased and modified Calcium Petrolium Sulfonate complex makes a lot of sense.
It holds up under extreme pressure, where by ZDDP is only good for high pressure.
From what I heard from some racers, they are happy with it, since it saves them quite some money in parts and rebuilds.
Here is an older discussion: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36352&start=30
Frank
Silicon = 6 ppm (anti-foaming agent in new oil, but in used oil, certain gasket materials and dirt can also add to this number)
Boron = 87 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge)
Magnesium = 52 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge)
Calcium = 7,652 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge, and at high levels as part of calcium petroleum sulfontate, can also increase an oil’s anti-wear capabilities)
Barium = 0 ppm (detergent/dispersant, anti-deposit buildup/anti-sludge)
Zinc = 765 ppm (anti-wear)
Phos = 624 ppm (anti-wear)
Moly = 52 ppm (anti-wear)
Potassium = 4 ppm (anti-freeze corrosion inhibitor)
Sodium = 505 ppm (anti-freeze corrosion inhibitor)
TBN = 23.2 (Total Base Number) This is an acid neutralizer to prevent corrosion. Most gasoline engine motor oils start with TBN around 8 or 9. This becomes depleted over time as mileage accumulates. And it is not unusual for this value to drop by about 5.0 points per 5,000 miles.
Viscosity (cSt at 100*C) = 10.1 (cSt range for SAE 30 is 9.3 to 12.4) And cSt (centistokes) in general terms, represents an oil’s thickness
That overbased and modified Calcium Petrolium Sulfonate complex makes a lot of sense.
It holds up under extreme pressure, where by ZDDP is only good for high pressure.
From what I heard from some racers, they are happy with it, since it saves them quite some money in parts and rebuilds.
Here is an older discussion: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36352&start=30
Frank