New insight on how ZDDP works| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

erohslc Dork
3/13/15 2:07 p.m.

We've been using ZDDP for 70 years, but didn't know the details about how it worked:

http://www.cemag.us/news/2015/03/nanoscale-mysteries-behind-anti-wear-motor-oil-additive?et_cid=4462447&et_rid=651563388&type=headline

bgkast GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/13/15 2:10 p.m.

Reported to the canoe patrol

erohslc Dork
3/13/15 2:13 p.m.

Yeah, and exactly WHY would you do that, hmm? Did you bother to look at this piece first, it's describes some scientific research from the University of Pennsylvania:

"Mechanisms of antiwear tribofilm growth revealed in situ by single-asperity sliding contacts,” N. N. Gosvami, J. A. Bares, F. Mangolini, A. R. Konicek, D. G. Yablon, and R. W. Carpick, Science, Published online 12 March 2015 [DOI:10.1126/science.1258788

bgkast GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
3/13/15 2:21 p.m.

Sorry...need more coffee...un-reported.