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Originally Posted by Logic
What Boric Acid does to metal wearing surfaces was a fortuitous find (IIRC) by Argonne National Labs, not some snake oil salesman.
(He prints money with impunity instead nowadays)
I'd post a link if I could... and if I thought it'd win out over ingrained opinions...
NB that Boric Oxide + Water = Boric Acid.
ie: What's sold as 'Boric Acid' isn't.
Its Boric Oxide till you add water.
Your engine will add the water to your oil for you if you have the patience.
That wont happen in a diff or gearbox.
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* Your task is to, explain how 'water' may be found in the motor oil of a test engine undergoing an ASTM, 196-hour run, at Wide-Open-Throttle, @ 3,000 rpm, with a 100-horsepower load, crankcase temperature of 150-C ( 302-F ), @ atmospheric pressure (where the boiling point of water is 100-C ( 212-F )); and combustion gases at the piston-ring/cylinder wall are 1600-F ( 871-C ) and the vaporization temperature of mineral-based motor oil is 475-F ( 246-C) and 'synthetic' @ 700-F ( 371-C ).
