Decoding Gear Oil Marketing 

I work for a main lubrication company (which I won't name for privacy issues). I'm basically a footman in sales deparment, and yeah, they make it really hard for me to give convincing arguments on clients and engineers as to Why is my brand better? other than, because it's our brand. TDS they all have the same words.

Learning is never boring, love them.

Hi there Mr LE, greetings from ISRAEL You have a couple of graet fans! We sell those products from the 70s, and love them. As you say' we dont really know they work, and keeping track, maybe you will get to the bottom of this, CHEERS!

I’d like to see more videos like this. Breaking down the SDS was really useful

Excellent in depth explanations

Sounds like the Castrol additive may affect surface hardness, possibly by pulling carbon out of the surface. It would be interesting to see micro-hardness tests of the surface. If that is true, it's not something I want in my gearboxes.

2:48 agree with this, a lot of imported Germany oil ( in Indonesia at least) really say what oil bases they're using & stated them on the packaging, something other brand didn't do here (probably because loose/almost non existent regulation).

Here in the Netherlands we sell Polytron. This works specifically with micro lubrication technology. It is a American brand who makes products with this technology. We sell it to consumers, stock cars, also high powered tuned cars, a person with F1 cars, go-kart’s , motorcycles e.t.c. We see less wear, and friction, and also temperature dropes from 5-20degree celcius. Because of this technology the wear will drop upto 95%.

Would like to hear you about OEM specifications mentioned in industrial gear oil data sheets

Synchromech for yellow metals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANSI/AGMA

I have a general question. My father always kept his cars for a long time, as do I, his philosophy was oil is cheap & easy to change, engines are expensive & you’re off the road during the rebuild process. He therefore always changed his oil every 3000 miles & the filter every six. This was before synthetic oils but I tend to follow a similar philosophy, just a bit long for my daily driver & the same 3k but I usually change the filter whilst I’m at it on my classics (MGB & Lotus Elan+2). What would be your recommendation, a more modern oil & if so what grade for these old cars? The Lotus has a rebuilt bottom end with only a few thousand miles on but the MGB has over 100k since the last rebuild?

Very kindly ask you. Whenever you explain theory, please draw a diagram . we could understand very well. thank you and take care.....

Isn't that what zinc and boron do. From reading they supposedly deposit in low spots of mating surfaces smoothening the surface.

first i thought modtc, but that´s different chemistry.

I picked up a bottle of Castrol Magnatec at the store and couldn't find any mention of ACEA, API, ILSAC, etc. Very strange, and not at all trustworthy IMHO.

Castrol , it's bad quality for after market.