Millers Oils now available @ Opie Oils + free fuel treatment

[oilman]

Great news - Millers Oils are now available from Opie Oils.

And as a special launch offer until Sunday 14th February 2010, we’re offering a free Millers Oils fuel treatment worth well over £5 with every 5 litres of engine oil you buy from the Millers Oils range.

Take a look at our overview of the Millers Oils range available from Opie Oils or give us a call (01209 215164) to see which Millers Oils products are suitable for your vehicle. Premium grade engine oils, innovative and award-winning transmission oils and a comprehensive Motorsport range of high performance oils with a proven race pedigree... plus fuel treatments, brake fluid and more!

To browse the range of Millers Oils products available at Opie Oils, select Car Oils > by brand > Millers Oils from the left hand menu on our web site or take a look at the quick summary of the range currently available from us.

We're excited to add Millers Oils to our product range - with 9 major oil brands available from Opie Oils, the choice is bigger than ever.

If you've any questions about the Millers Oils range (or anything else!) we're always happy to help. Give us a call on 01209 215164 or send us a PM.

Cheers
oilman and the team at Opie Oils

[oilman]

Hi Folks,

We've still got some stock of the free Petrol or Diesel Power Ecomax One-Shot Boost, so we're extending the offer for an extra week until Sunday
21st Feb.

So, order 5 litres of any Millers engine oil before 21 Feb and we'll send you a free Millers Petrol Power Ecomax One Shot Boost fuel treatment.
Order 2 x 5L and we'll send you 2 free and so on. If you'd prefer a Diesel One Shot Boost then please add this to the order notes at the checkout.

The Millers Petrol and Diesel Power One Shot Boost products replace and improve on their Octane Plus and Diesel Power Sport 4 products.
Both products increase power and MPG (by up to 7%), reduce emissions and clean injectors.

There are links to info on the Millers range in the post above, or follow these links for more info on the Petrol and Diesel Power Ecomax products:

Petrol Power Ecomax One Shot Boost
Diesel Power Ecomax One Shot Boost
Petrol Power Ecomax - treats 500 litres
Diesel Power Ecomax - treats 500 litres

Cheers
oilman

[davidppp]

Hello there.

I seem to be struggling to find the ZDDP levels in many oils..do you you have this data please?

Thanks
David

[oilman]

It's rarely published. just stay clear of API SM oils.

SL is fine

Cheers
Guy

[davidppp]

Thanks.

The thread on Pelicanparts, and Charlwes navarro's site, suggest that even the SL is not up to snuff on ZDDP..and camshafts and followers need plenty more.

How can one be sure..it seems the USA requires this to be published..but the formulation of the same brands in the UK may differ!

Anyone any inside info please?

Kind regards
david

[oilman]

From what I have found there is no clear answer to this, some chemists says its nothing to worry about, others do.

Here is a quote from one of them.

Zinc dithiophosphates, more correctly known as zinc di-alkyl di-thiophosphates,(ZDDPs) are very beneficial anti-wear/antioxidant compounds that have been used in engine oils since the 1950s. There is not the slightest evidence that they combine with combustion by-products to form acidic compounds. In fact, they also act as corrosion inhibitors. ZDDPs are the only phosphorus-containing compounds used in engine oils. As the name suggests, they also contain alkyl (hydrocarbon) groups, sulphur (‘thio-‘) and zinc, needless to say. Under pressure, they decompose at metal surfaces to form iron phosphide and sulphide layers which prevent micro-welding at contact points. (A.k.a. ‘wear’!).

The only problem with ZDDPs used to be that they formed heavy combustion chamber/piston crown/spark plug deposits of zinc oxide and sulphate in engines that burned a lot of oil. (They are not used in 2-stroke oil.) In modern oil-miser 4-strokes this is not a problem, but even small amounts of relatively volatile phosphates that escape down the exhaust can, in the long term, deactivate the catalyst. So there is a trend towards minimising ZDDP content in the latest petrol engine lubricants.

Very fine graphite (colloidal graphite) as an oil additive was occasionally used in the 1930s. It is never used now, because it is not very effective as an anti-wear, and it can block oil filters and narrow oil passages.

One of the very few effective replacements for ZDDPs are the oil-soluble molybdenum dithiocarbamates. These are now used in some oils (such as Ford standard factory fill) along with ZDDP.

Acidic compounds arising from the combustion of high-sulphur fuels are very effectively neutralised by a completely different range of additive compounds called overbased calcium (or magnesium) sulphonates. These have also been in use since the 1950s. they are present in substantial quantities in all good quality modern motor oils.
So stop worrying! 50 years on, oils are still looking after engines, and making a pretty good job of it.

Cheers

Guy

[jb]

re:zddp

It's rarely published. just stay clear of API SM oils.

SL is fine

Cheers
Guy

I read your earlier post about synthetic oils which I took to mean that they are much better although more expensive and also another post that recommended a 15/50 for a 72/73 911.

So I looked at my local oil supplier (halfords) and found the only one to be Mobil 1. So I changed to Mobil1 15/50 and it seems just fine.

However I looked at your reply about zddp and then looked at the spec of Mobil1 (on your site) - It is both 'API SM' and 'API SL'.
So I am now a bit confused. What is the score?

However I am pretty sure that it makes no difference at all on my engine which is fairly loose and is mostly not driven especially hard.

Mobil1 seems to be easily available and pretty good by all accounts apart from this slight ambiguity about zddp

[oilman]

Lots of fuss over this ZDDP API SM spec and generally its fuss thats not needed. You will have no issue with the Mobil 1 15w-50, it is a very good oil.

Cheers

Guy