Additives represent 15 to 20 percent of a gallon of oil with the balance being high-quality base oil. Additive packages play a key role in helping to keep an engine clean and protected from varnish ...

New diesel engine fuels made with vegetable oils could help reduce the oversupply of farm crops and at the same time lessen America`s dependence on foreign oil, according to an agricultural engineer ...

It's easy for the uninitiated to think that oil is oil, no matter what type of engine it's going into. After all, it's only meant to lubricate the internal components of an engine. Well, all oils ...

Diesel engine oil additives are popular add-on layers of protection, but many of their cornerstone benefits are already engineered into base lubricants. Brian Humphrey, OEM technical liaison for Petro ...

The new Chevron Delo 600 ADF with OMNIMAX heavy duty engine oil is designed to help better protect the diesel engine and aftertreatment systems. Engine oil, lubricants and coolants maker Chevron ...

Snake oil. Mouse milk. Whiffle dust. Take your pick — few products have earned such unflattering sobriquets as aftermarket motor-oil additives. And for the very good reason that these promised ...

Steam did the heavy lifting of the Industrial Revolution. Then, at the beginning of the 20th century, diesel began to take over the load and to expand into uses that steam wouldn’t have reached, from ...

There are many diesel fuel additive companies in North America supplying numerous different additive products formulated for diesel powered equipment. Each of these vendors claim their specific ...

Engine oil color reveals its age, contamination level, and operating condition. Fresh oil is amber or light brown. Oil darkened to black but still translucent after a few thousand miles is normal.