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Originally Posted by aerohead
I'll hold what I got.
I took auto shop all the way through high school, an advanced engine course at a junior college, taught by a Volkswagen master mechanic in California, and 'never' were fuel or oil additives recommended, quite the contrary.
In college, through the SAE Journals and Transactions I finally learned about 'Tribology' the science of 'lubrication,' of which 'facts' never aligned with alleged claims made by 'additive carnival barkers'.
The only 'friction' an engine experiences is solely to do to viscous shearing effects directly associated with oil viscosity, exactly as with aerodynamic 'friction drag' occurring within a turbulent boundary layer because of air viscosity.
Oil changes based upon API recommendations will prolong engine life as long as possible ( I'm at 437,000 miles so far with 'Spirit'. I've been told to expect 1,000,000-miles if I maintain preventive maintenance ).
I'll let you know when the BOLT begins belching blue smoke.  |
There were world renowned engineers around saying heavier than air flight was impossible just before the Wright Brothers' first flight.
Statistically a new fantastic new idea, that seems too good to be true, comes around about once every 30 years.
I believe, from experience, that this is one.
Why else would I risk my rep here? It's not like I make anything from tharing my experience with Boric Acid...
But I get it; not everyone likes to, or is even capable of, changing their minds when presented with new facts...
Here's a fact: There's metal participles attached to the magnet in the engine sump plug that everyone cleans off every time they change the oil.
IF
There's no metal to metal contact between engine bearing surfaces
THEN
Where do these particles come from?
Teleportation??!
Yes sure the bearing surface mostly float over each other... mostly...
What would happen to their ability to float if the gap between them was smaller and smoother on a microscopic level?
What would happen if the acids that form in old engine oil could not pit bearing surfaces because there was a chemically inert ceramic layer with 85% the hardness of diamond attached to said surface?
I NB you haven't taken up the challenge of finding peer reviewed, published, research saying Boric Acid in oil DOES NOT work.
Why is that..?
I have 25 papers ready to go in my favorites so far. Lets play!