Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc.

Ethyl Corporation

David K Walters

Rodney I Barber

Ian MacPherson

John V Bullen

Graeme M Wallace

Julia C Poat

Charles J Dain

Arthur S Thomas

Lubricants and additive packages that give exceptional performance as heavy duty gear lubricants are described. Four essential oil-soluble additive components are used in combination, viz., a metal-free sulfur-containing antiwear and/or extreme pressure agent having a copper corrosion test activity of not more than 65; a metal-free phosphorus- and nitrogen-containing antiwear and/or extreme pressure agent; an organic carboxylic acid; and an organic amine. Tests comparing the performance of the invention against a commercial premium API GL-5 gear oil additive package selected as the best available package by a well-known OEM have shown the superiority of the present compositions under a number of test conditions.

Lubricant compositions

In a motor vehicle, especially a heavy duty motor vehicle, having a transmission equipped with at least one cone-type synchronizer and an axle or differential gearing, the same lubricant is used for both such mechanisms. The lubricant has a viscosity grade level of from SAE 75W90 to SAE 85W140 and comprises base oil containing at least (i) Mannich base ashless dispersant; (ii) metal-free, sulphur-containing antiwear and/or extreme pressure agent; (iii) metal-free, phosphorus-containing and nitrogen-containing antiwear and/or extreme pressure agent; and (iv) overbased alkali or alkaline earth metal carboxylate, sulphonate or sulphurized phenate having a TBN of at least 145. The lubricant contains at most, if any, 100 ppm of metal as one or more metal-containing additive components other than (iv).

Use of transmission and gear oil lubricants having enhanced friction

A lubricant composition comprising a major proportion of polyalkylene glycol of lubricating viscosity and a minor proportion dissolved therein of (a) at least one sulphur-containing antiwear or extreme pressure agent, (b) at least one amine salt of at least one partially esterified monothiophosphoric acid, and (c) at least one amine salt of at least one partially esterified phosphoric acid. Such compositions have improved resistance to wear, oxidative degradation and metallic corrosion.

Polyalkylene glycol lubricant compositions

Lubricant compositions especially useful as hydraulic fluids contain a metal-free anti-wear or load-carrying additive containing sulphur and/or phosphorus and an amino succinate ester as corrosion inhibitor. Such compositions are free from heavy metal and have improved environmental acceptability where heavy metals are to be avoided, e.g. in agriculture. The lubricant base stock may be a biodegradable natural oil.

Lubricant compositions with metal-free antiwear or load-carrying

A friction reducing additive composition comprising a long chain succinimide derivative and a long chain amide has superior friction reducing properties, especially in wet brake systems for tractors and other vehicles.

Friction modifier comprising a long chain succinimide derivative and

Lubricant compositions, especially suitable for limited slip differentials, containing sulphur-containing extreme pressure or anti-wear agents, are improved by incorporation of a substituted succinimide friction modifier. The resulting compositions reduce the level of noise produced during operation of the differential.

Friction modifier

A lubricating oil composition for use in the crankcase of an internal combustion engine, having improved resistance to the formation of emulsion-sludge in the area under the engine rocker cover, which contains the combination of an oxyalkylated alkylphenol-formaldehyde condensation product and tetra polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene derivative of ethylene diamine.

Lubricating composition containing emulsion-sludge inhibitors

A lubricating oil composition for use in the crankcase of an internal combustion engine, having improved resistance to the formation of emulsion-sludge in the area under the engine rocker cover, which contains the combination of an oxyalkylated alkylphenol-formaldehyde condensation product and an oxyalkylated trimethylolalkane.

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David K Walters