Originally Posted by aerohead
The following are oils, oil additives, or engine-parasitic-friction technologies available on the dates listed:
* 1921-to-present, 'RISLONE', The Shaler Company ( detergent )
* 1932, 'Paraflow 149', US Patented, paraffin-crystallization suppressant introduced by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
* 1939-to-present, 'Wynn's Engine Flush' / 'Wynn's Friction Proofing', Wynn Oil Company
* 1939-to-present, 'Bardahl Oil Treatment', with 'Polar Plus' technology, introduced, Bardahl Manufacturing Corporation, Seattle, Washington, USA
* 1948, Polytetraflourethylene ( PTFE ), E.I.DuPont demours & Company
* 1950s, API-SB motor oils replace SA oils
* 1952, 'MOLYSLIP', molybdenum
* 1954, ' Scientifically Treated Petroleum'/ 'STP Oil Treatment' debut
* 1960s, Mobil 1, 1st fully-synthetic motor oil, Mobil Corporation
* 1964, API-SC oils replace SB oils
* 1965, oil filter-enclosed, time-release oil additive replacement cartridge concept, US Patent, Paul Kneeland, scientist, Atlantic Richfield Company ( ARCO )
* 1968, API-SD oils replace SC oils
* 1969, STP initial public offering ( IPO )
* 'early' 1970s, 'Sakura Lube' ( organomolybdenum ) friction-modified motor oil debut, Adeko Corporation, Japan
* 1971, 'AMS/OIL', full synthetic motor oil
* 1971, Dow Chemical Company purchases rights to develop 1965 ARCO Patent concept, proceeds with R&D
* 1972, API-SE oils replace SD oils
* 1972, AMS/OIL, 1st API-rated synthetic motor oil offered
* 1973, Mobil 1, offered in European market
* 1973, Monroe Auto Equipment Company purchases ARCO-Dow Chemical rights to time-release oil additive replacement concept and accelerates R&D
* 1974, Mobil 1 offered in United States
* 1975, 'Monroe Filter Plus' oil filter debuts in test marketing
* 1977, 'ARCO Graphite' multi-grade motor oil debut
* 1978, February, STP pays $ 700,000 settlement to US Federal Trade Commission for false-advertising
* 1980, API-SF oils replace SE oils
* 1981, 'Tufoil' PTFE debut, Flowtech Incorporated/ Flouramics, Incorporated ( TM ), US Patent # 3,933,656 & US Patent# 4,127,491
* 1985, 'RISLONE ENGINE TREATMENT', debut, The Shaler Company owners
* 1985, ' roller-camshafts ', Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
* 1986, ' low-tension piston-rings ', Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
* 1986, ' low-drag water pumps ', Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
* 1986, ' low-restriction, tuned-exhaust systems,' Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
* 1986-to-present, 'Dura Lube', heavy duty truck engine additive, introduced, with 'patented' SR3 technology ( chlorinated paraffins ), Dura Lube Corporation
* 1988, 'DURATION PERMANENT ENGINE PROTECTION' debut, Victory Marketing
* 1988, 'RedLine Synthetic Motor Oil' debut, RedLine Synthetic Oil Corporation
* 1988, 'Prolube Oil Treatment' introduced, Prolube Lubricants, Brisbane/Brendale QLD, Australia
* 1989, API-SG oils replace SF oils
* 1989, 'STP DIESEL OIL TREATMENT',
* 1990, 'SLICK 50' debut, Petrolon Technologies ( PTFE )
* 1991, Argonne National Laboratories/ Arch Development US Patent ( 'Boron ' )
* 1991, 'OEM' ( Sakura-Lube ) debut, U.S. AUTO-TECH, Whitfields Wholesale Automotive
* 1991, 'Superfinishing', spherical roller bearings, Torrington, Ohio State Univ., USA
* 1993, API- SH oils replace SG oils
* 1993, API-SH oils replace API-SG oils
* 1993, all-new 'Gasoline Fueled engine level 1 ( GF1 )' oils introduced
* 1993, 'SUPER 50,000', debut, Sheldon Automotive Enterprises, USA
* 1993, 'Graphite pistons', Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany
* 1994, ' friction coefficient= 0.005', University of California at Santa Barbara, California, USA
* 1994, 'Superfinishing', Zhou & Hashimoto, ASME, USA
* 1995, STP pays $ 888,000 to USFTC, for false advertising
* 1996, 'Valvoline Pyroil TM8 Engine Treatment'' introduced, Valvoline,Inc. ( Ashland, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, USA
* 1996, MOTORUP Original 420 Multifunctional Engine Treatment introduced, MOTOR UP Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
* 1996, API-SJ oils replace SH oils
* 1996, 'Superfinishing', REM Chemicals Incorporated, US Patent# 5,503,481, Hashimoto et al., USA
* 1997, SLICK 50 ( Quaker State Oil Company ) pays $ 10,000,000 Redress to Consumers to FTC for false advertising
* 1999, Dura Lube pays FTC $ 2,000,000 for Redress to Consumers over false advertising
* 1999, Prolong Super Lubricants, Inc., Irvine, California, USA, sued by FTC for false advertising of their 'Prolong Engine Treatment Concentrate'
* 2001, API-SL oils replace SJ oils
* 2002, Ford Motor Company Research Laboratory, USA, Molybdenundithiocarbamate ( MoDTC)-modified SAE 5W-30 motor oil, Mu 0.067
* 2002, 'Superfinishing', Ohio State University
* 2003, 'Superfinishing', ditto
* 2003, TESLA Motors founded
* 2003, 'Superfinishing', Tex Racing Enterprises, Inc., Ether, North Carolina, USA
* 2004, API-SM oils replace SL oils
* 2006, NISSAN LEAF production design is 'frozen', marking the beginning of the transition to electrification of light vehicles, and 'importance' of motor oils for the future
* 2006, 'Adaptive oil molecules', PENNZOIL PLATINUM, SOPUS Products
* circa-2006, 'Prolong Anti-Friction Metal Treatment', GoldenWest Lubricants, Inc., infomercials begin during NASCAR broadcasts... to be sued by the FTC for false-advertising later, signing consent decree, with threat of penalty for violation
* 2007, 'Superfinishing', Bell Helicopter Textron Incorporated, Forth Worth, Texas, USA
* 2007, 'Superfinishing', Ohio State University, USA
* 2008, 'Lab Call on Nanomanufacturing for Energy Efficiency', US Department of Energy, American National Laboratories
* 2010, API- SN oils replace SM oils
* 2010, December, NISSAN LEAF BEV goes on sale
* 2012, 'MotorSilk Step One' ( MSSO ) debut ( Boron precursor )
* 2012, 'MotorSilk Engine Treatment' ( MSET ) debut ( Boron )
* 2014, '2% mpg oil additive', US PATENT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory / General Motors / SHELL Oil Company/ Lubrizol
* 2020, API-SP oils replace SN oils
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