Chlorine, sulfur, and phosphorus are currently being used throughout industry – including the automotive and diesel industries. Unfortunately, these and other additives have not filled the void. The automotive and trucking industries face regulatory sanctions with the use of these additives in particular, due to environmental contamination problems.

For example, Chlorinated paraffins, used as an engine oil additive, can be quite detrimental, and even toxic. Certain ones are considered to be human and environmentally dangerous. Their effects may be irreversible to the environment. With intense heating, as is found in an automotive internal combustion engine, the chlorinated paraffins release hydrochloric gas and then hydrochloric acid. These highly acidic by-products eat away metal surfacing and contaminate the atmosphere.

Certain, but not all chlorinated paraffins are thermally unstable and decay above 200°C. They then generate strong acid radicals (free chloride ions and hydrogen chloride). These radicals begin to attack metal surfaces, forming chloride films of the metal. This may lead to “stress crack corrosion” in the metal surfaces as well as corrosion of pistons, bearings, and valve trains.

If not stopped, there can be an eventual mechanical failure.

Chlorinated Paraffins are also known to be …

* Extremely carcinogenic
* extremely toxic to humans
* Extremely toxic to aquatic environments.

These substances accumulate, persist and bring effects that are often irreversible to man and to the environment. As stated, aquatic environments suffer most.

Is it any wonder that so many automotive and diesel experts are “down” on the engine oil additive industry?

What’s needed is a solution, arising out of a scientific legacy … with successful problem-solving track record in both industry and automotive applications.