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motor oil refining system
Posted by joe from wantagh, NY, CA on April 22, 2008
do you know of the ops-1 oil refining system i would like to try it out.
The OPS oil filtration system is one of many extended life filters that are being marketed on the basis of oil drain extension, BEWARE!! Oil drain intervals are based upon a number of criteria, can be categorized into 3
* impurities,
* depletion of additives,
* degradation of base oil.
The OPS system, while effective at filtering some impurities (although not effective on all soot), will do nothing towards the other areas. The additives that are in a high quality engine oil are designed to be sacrificial, in other words to deplete over time, once depleted the oil will rapidly cause wear and engine failure. Base oil degradation is accelerated by additive depletion, and again will cause oil thickening, and lack of lubricity.
