Lubricity Tester

Instructions for Lubricity Tester using GENESIS

Install any brand of regular weight motor oil in the cup.
Insert bearing in holder.
Start machine and add weights to the fulcrum as rapidly as possible until seizure; normally four two pound weights.
Remove bearing holder and show the scar.
Rotate the bearing 90 degrees, place back in holder and turn on machine.
Add one two pound weight to the fulcrum and allow race and bearing to make contact for at least 30 seconds to generate frictional heat. Add GENESIS to oil and allow bearing and race to continue in contact with one weight. There will be a decline in the noise level Slowly add three more weights to the fulcrum. This position should be held for at least two minutes. (note if bearing and race seize up prior to four weight, take off enough weights and restart the machine. Add the weights back run the machine again for a minimum of 2 minutes.)
Remove the oil sump and wipe off both the race and bearing until all oil has been removed. Show the scar to the observer and note that the scar is smoother.
Rotate the bearing slightly from the last scar. The oil emulsion will have splashed above the scar and will have some molybdenum plated outside the scar diameter. This rotation should be such that moly metal on the bearing will be sliding against the moly metal plated on the race.
Add the same fresh oil used in step one back to the sump. Turn on the machine and slowly add 4 weights to the fulcrum until a total of four 2 pounds weight have been used. Do cold stop and starts by turning the tester on and off. Show the bearing to the test observer. The scar - it is really a polished surface and no larger than one millimeter in size, indicating a load carrying capacity in excess of 200,000 PSI because of the moly plated surfaces.
As a clincher remove the oil from the sump and substitute with water and rerun the test with 4 pounds of weights. There will be no increase in scar diameter

This test, accomplished in less that 5 minutes is generally sufficient to prove the plating process and the benefits to the achieved by elimination of friction.

During any demonstration some individual may give you a sample of a product he is using and ask that it be tested on the machine. If the product is Slick 50, Microlon, TX 11, or any product containing Teflon, then that product will fail rapidly.

There are some additives which have excellent Extreme Pressure (EP) properties and will show up well on the lubricity tester. There are several of these products currently being marketed. All of these products merely form a chemical bond with metals in the engine. A chemical bonded product can be easily dealt with following this procedure.

Add oil to the reservoir and then add the suggested ratio of the additive to the oil. Run the machine till full load. The better additives such as ROYAL PURPLE, DURA LUBE, POWER UP AND ENERGY RELEASE., will probably carry the full load of 4 weights.
Stop the machine and examine the bearing scar. The scar should be minimal. Tell the test observer that what is happening is a mere chemical bond of the additives to the metal and can be readily removed with a paper towel.
Start the machine up with the bearing in place under full load. Remove the oil sump while the machine is running. Take a towel such as WIPE which has an alcohol base and hold the towel against the race until the machine locks up. Then pour some water into the sump and run the machine with weight until failure. This destroys the statement that their material bonds to metal.
Then repeat step one with regular oil and add GENESIS. Run the machine for at least two minutes under full load and stop and start conditions.
Remove the oil sump and wipe the race and bearing with the WIPE towel. Empty the oil sump and clean with a towel. Show the scar diameter to the test observer. Place the sump back on the machine and add water to the sump.
Start the machine again and add four weights to fulcrum while the machine is running. You should be able to stop and start under full load. Show the bearing to the test observer and note that there has been no increase in the scar diameter. Emphasize that we have a metal to metal co-valent bond, the strongest bond known in science.

This test definitely will distinguish the difference between GENESIS and every other product being sold for friction reduction in combustion engines. A chemical bond is easily removed from any metal by water or a solvent. Since all motor oils have detergents and some solvents in them, if the additive is not replaced each time an oil change is made then the benefit from the additive is lost. An additive has to be added with every oil change in order to be effective.

Of all of the additives named above only ROYAL PURPLE has no negative effects on the engines, although there are some reports of cork seals being eroded by Royal Purple. All of the other additives can create deleterious conditions in engines such as formation of hydrochloric or other halogen type acids, sulfuric acids, and other conditions which can cause engine or lubricity problems.

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