[Fot] Lucas Oil Stabilisator

[MadMarx]

Hi Peter,

 

sure this tool is a marketing toy and shows what Lucas likes to demonstrate.

I agree that an engine is not a gearbox but in an engine the oil gets thrown around, stirred up in rotating machinery.

Not as bad as in a gearbox though.

 

Chris

 

Von: Peter Vucinic [mailto:pvucinic at netspace.net.au] 
Gesendet: Sonntag, 13. September 2015 09:24
An: 'MadMarx'; fot at autox.team.net
Betreff: RE: [Fot] Lucas Oil Stabilisator

 

Chris,

Firstly. From an engineering and accuracy stand point. That’s is the dumbest demonstration I have seen! 

I know this LUCAS selling aid/demonstration machine. 

 

1.       It was only meant to show the ability of the LUCAS additive to ADHERE to, and travel up the gear train, better than without the additive. I mean, that’s a given considering the additive is making the viscosity of the oil increase by ‘topping up’ the base oil! No brainer. But to the general public, this looks like it’s working and doing a better job of lubricating.

2.       Why on earth would you use ENGINE OIL, in a GEAR TRAIN to demonstrate foaming? That makes no sense to me. It has absolutely no correlation to your engine! Gear oils contain far greater amounts/styles of anti-foaming agents to exactly reduce the problem that is shown. Secondly, increasing the viscosity of the oil through and additive will only increase the likelihood of foaming.

 

If you are running a DRY SUMP system where your oil is passing through one or more stages through a hydraulic pump etc. Foaming will become a greater problem for the system should the oil formula be compromised in anyway.

 

Good marketing toy by LUCAS. That’s all it is.

 

 

 

 

From: Fot [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of MadMarx
Sent: Sunday, 13 September 2015 8:38 AM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Fot] Lucas Oil Stabilisator

 

I found video of the issue:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_rr-2PeFWQ

 

 

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