ENVIRO-SAVE METAL TREATMENT
     "One Time Metal Treatment"
vs.
     OIL ADDITIVES/TREATMENTS

ENVlRO-SAVE METAL TREATMENT:      Enviro-Save is a resin type metal treatment, and uses the lubricant and also fuel in case of an engine as the carrier medium to distribute the Enviro-Save treatment. Results of comparative tests, using a bearing test machine,  are invariably inferior because the effect of the treatment is only evident after a sufficient impregnation period. When the impregnation  running time is afforded to the test piece the load carrying ability is generally superior to that obtained from oil additives/treatments.

MOST OIL ADDITIVES/TREATMENTS, WHILE PRODUCING AN UNDISPUTED BENEFIT, CAN ALSO CREATE NEGATIVE RESULTS CAUSED BY THE ADDITIVE INGREDIENT ITSELF.

 Oil additives usually come under the classifications of:
(1) chlorides, (2) sulphur compounds, (3) phosphorus compounds, (4) nitrogen compounds

They have the following disadvantages:

1. CHLORINE COMPOUNDS: Oils blended with chlorine compounds show an increase in film strength. It is common for those selling chlorine based oil additives to demonstrate the high film strength on the TIMKEN or similar bearing test machine. However, the most stable of chlorine compounds, when burned on the cylinder surface or piston tops, FORM HYDROCHLORIC ACID WHICH IS CORROSIVE. It is also known that chlorides add to oil drag!

2. SULPHUR COMPOUNDS: These enhance film strength. However, in high temperatures and in the presence of moisture they can break down, causing corrosion and high resistance in motion.

3. PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS: They also likewise break down with the result being corrosive phosphorous acid.

4. NITROGEN COMPOUNDS: At elevated temperatures the oil film will break down and the bearings seize. Invariably, the presence of the above materials, which increase the extreme pressure (E.P.) qualities of lubricants, also cause it to have HIGH DRAG and produce early BEARING FATIGUE. Therefore, some additives/treatments, which are common in use, could produce relatively RAPID ENGINE/COMPONENT DETERIORATION!

METAL TREATMENTS: A true metal treatment treats the metal only and does not change the characteristics of oils. Some oil additives/treatments claim to be metal treatments, but the evident immediate increase in the film strength when demonstrated on a bearing testing machine, and the necessity to add it repeatedly to the lubrication system, prove that they are actually oil additives/treatments, not metal treatments, and probably fall into one of the above classifications.
                                                                                                                                                                                       
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