Episode 050 | What I've Learned About the Lubricants Industry (Christmas Special!) 

Your content is really helpful to us that aren’t in the lubrication industry but are interested.

Thanks... Yes the lubricant industry is huge and complex. I've historically just purchased products that were recommended by someone I trusted but guys like you and Lake Speed Jr are educating us and we can actually make an individual informed decision based on our specific requirements. Thx brother

Your channel is one of the best I've seen so far, the content goes beyond the basic things you usually find in RU-vid pertaining lubricants-tribology. It is a great source for self improvement for people that are already in this field. Thanks for sharing your expertisse.

Brilliant video, complexity and Brand/ product application is the most important thing for a sales rep/ distributor to get right. I was with the brand you mentioned and it took years to get application and product information and technical feedback. It is very difficult to replace people that know product application.

You are presenting the best unbiased information on lubricants that I've found. Be very careful with any sponsorships from ANY lubrication product/company as it can result in perceived bias, whether true or not. There is one other channel that presents real-world tests & comparisons that is pretty good, but limited in usefulness due to the small engines used. If you step into real-world tests, or evaluation please choose some real-world machinery rather than very simple small engines. That said, he does some very relevant testing with motor oils, but at a top-level for basic characteristics where you could delve much deeper into the reasons why. Keep up the great work!

Great work, your channel is an eye opening rescource. To the issue of selecting products there should be a database with filtering options. The companies can also provide trainings and selection guides to help.

You should interview Rich Wurzbach from MRG Labs as he and his team are doing some interesting work with grease analysis.

Thanks for sharing your insights 😊

Thanks!

I have learned so much since finding your channel and Lake Speed Jr. Thank you for your efforts and great interviews! Merry Christmas!

Gday Raff, that was a really good one! Would be really interested looking at motorcycle oils, specifically wet clutches, oil compartments shared with engine, primary drives, clutch and transmission. Is there an API rating we should stay below to avoid clutch slip-causing friction modifiers for instance? Cheers and Merry Christmas to you & yours. Marco

Hello & good morning to you. I was enlighten recently that additives that are added into engine oil are in competition with each other. Too much additives that increase TBN actually interfer with zinc additive. Too much zinc will shorten exhaust catalyst life. Having 10ppm of sulfur in Euro 5 gasoline, vs 150ppm of sulfur in Euro 3 gasoline, resulted in lowering of TBN then lowering additives of zinc and calcium additives without loss of protection against engine wear. However I think around 2005 to 2010 there a a number of car manufacturer that drop thir ball by making too low tension piston rings & wrong size holes for oil scrapper ring that resulted in high oil consumption. I think gasoline ICE should be designed & tested to consume engine oil not more than 0.1litre per litre of engine capacity & for every 1000 miles at 60mph for the tested engine having done 60,000 miles. Basically a 2 litre gadoline engine should not be consuming more than 2 litres of engine oil after 10,000miles and had done total of 60,000 miles. Otherwise how to ensure catalyst in car exhaust will last at least 10 years? Somehow I think the world's total annual new ICE car production would still be around 50% in year 2040. Regards.

Rafe: I find your teaching style to be excellent! I find Lake Speed, Jr talks much too fast, so I don't find him to be an effective communicator as a result.

Good information but very difficult to pick your speed, plz reduce your talking speed,