ULX-110 Motor Oils
ULX-110 engine oils are a new concept in petroleum base oils. Advancement in the last few years of specialty additives such as detergency, EP, viscosity stabilizers, and improvers and friction modifiers are needed to meet the needs of today's transportation vehicles. This product is designed to insure optimum performance in a widevariety of mixed fleet equipment under the most adverse operating conditions. This includes but is not limited to the following:
O.E.M Mack Truck Company approval of 40,000 miles oil service intervals.
Meets MIL-L2104E (which supersedes MIL-2104D for heavy duty engines, MIL-L-45199B for supercharged diesels)
Meets MIL-L46152D for gasoline and diesel engines
Meets API service classifications
CD CE CF4 CG4 CH4 CI4 CJ4 SF SG SH SJ SL SM
Exceeds the performance requirements of:
Detroit Diesels, Detroit Diesel CD-II, Mack,EO-J and EO-K/2, Caterpillar S-3 , Caterpillar TO-2, Volvo B-20, MIL-L-46152D,MIL-L-2104E, and Ford, Chrysler, and I.H. requirements for Alkyl Zinc
Exceeds ASTM Sequence Test IIC, IIIE and VE
Non-Cracked Solvent & Neutral Base Stock
There are 2 different processes that can be used to refine crude il. Catalytic cracking uses heat to remove impurities and extract gasoline and diesel fuel. Crude is heated to 1900 degrees and the molecule of the oil is brocken (cracked) down.
The result is you lose the lubricating qualities of the removed fuels and what is left is damaged product which is susceptible to thinning when exposed to temperature or pressure. It also mises easily with water (emulsifies) and has a higher flash point.
Solvent Neutral Extraction on the other hand, uses solvents or chemicals instead of heat to refine crude oil. The complete molecule of the oil remains intact. The fuels (gasoline and diesel) are not removed resulting in a "non-cracked solvent neutral base stock" which is vastly superior to crude which have had the fuels removed. It resists thinning even under much higher temperatures and pressures. The result is an oil that can be run for many hours straight with no significant thinning. Oil pressure stays high, resists wash-down from fuel getting past engine rings and contamination of anti-freeze which can also get into the engine. The oil life is greatly increased. Mack Trucks has approved ULX-110 for 40,000 to 50,000 miles change intervals.
E.P. (Extreme Pressure) Additives
E.P. additives are blended into oils to increase its ability to remain between moving metal parts This results in reduction of waer from metal-to-metal contact under extreme pressure.
Non-Shear Viscosity Index Improver
Mechanical shearing is what happens to a molecule of oil as it travels through an engine between moving metal parts. The oil is sheared or cut into smaller molecules. To put it anotehr way, the oil is thinning.
Oils are givin a grade number (index) based on its ability to resist shearing. Additives called "viscosity index improvers" can help an oil resist shearing. The additivies are priced based on their own ability to resist shearing. The best, most expensive additives are the non-shearing type.
Pour Point Additive
A pour point additive is an additive which lowers the oil's pour temperature. Petroleum oils are affected by temperature. At around zero degrees F. oils become so viscous that the oil pump cannot pump it through the motor. Pour point additives reduce that temperature to around -15 to -20 degrees.
Paraffin Base Stock
The crude oils that come out of the ground are put into three categories. The Naphthenic and paraffin crudes are used to produce engine oils. Paraffin oils have a naturally higer viscosity index and produce the best engine oils.
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers
API - American Petroleum Institute
ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
ILSAC - International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee
JASO - Japan Automotive Standards Organization
AGMA - American Gear Manufacturers Association
Viscoity - A measure of a fluid's resistant to flow, or how thick the fluid is.