Engine oil seems so simple. It's slippery. It keeps metal parts from fusing together. It's messy, especially when it has been squeezed, slung, and sprayed around the inside of a hot engine for ...

It is widely known that diesel engine oils contain more Zinc (ZDDP) than regular passenger motor oils, but does that make a diesel engine oil (HD) a good choice for hot rods or race cars? To answer ...

It is no secret that without the proper amount of Zinc Dialkyl Dithio Phospate (ZDDP), flat tappet camshafts in race engines can experience problems. The simple solution to that issue is to use the ...

Motor oil contains chemical additives that extend how long engines can run without failure, but, despite decades of ubiquity, how such additives actually work to prevent this damage have remained a ...

In the "What's That Stuff?" on motor oil, Steve Ritter mentions zinc dialkyldithiophosphates (ZDDP) as a key antiwear agent (C&EN, March 13, page 38). It has been used in motor oils for more than 60 ...

Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil. Titanium, a protean element with ...