Jan 9 2003 Dear Mr. Logan: I have been a Militec user for a few years now…and I must say it never ceases to amaze me! As an ASE Certified Master Auto Technician and Master Engine Machinist I am not one to use "snake oils" of any kind unless the benefit is proven to me in black and white. That is why I
Greg Stewart P.S. - With Militec in the chainsaw oil mix a gain of 600 rpms or so can be had at W.O.T. This was checked with an inductive spark ignition pickup on a Snap-On meter. Again, amazing! | ||||
started using Militec metal conditioner in my racecar projects years ago - the proof was on the engine oil temperature gauge! After several attempts to control the oil temperature (without cheating the rulebook!) on a very high-strung V-8 circle track engine I was introduced to Militec. I figured I had nothing to lose as the engine needed service after three to four hundred laps at 8000 rpms due to the extreme oil temperature
and oil shearing. The oil temperature was soaring to around 310 - 330 degrees Fahrenheit with good synthetic oil and a legal-sized oil cooler - way too much to keep the engine alive for a long time! With a fresh oil change and only the addition of Militec on the engine the oil temperature dropped to 230 degrees! I was stunned! The wear and tear at the three hundred lap teardown was significantly reduced... the bearings could have been reused instead of being at the limits of tolerance! After a freshening up the engine continued to run cool and the service interval was lengthened to six hundred laps and the bearing clearances and wear were still within spec! Amazing, I thought... so lets see what Militec will do in my Ducati motorcycle. I saw the same result... significantly lower oil temperatures and extended oil life, no heat oxidation - and better performance. However, I have no other proof for that claim other than the
seat of my pants. (There was a consistent .5 sec/lap gain on the racecar with no other changes!) I have now experimented with Militec in everything I own that gets a hundred degrees of oil temperature when running and the results still amaze me. I purchased a new Ural Patrol motorcycle (like the one in the picture) and was told by everyone that ever owned one that the non-hardened gears in the final drive would surely fail at about 15-18 hundred kilometers. After all, theirs did. I was told that the "cuttings" in the differential oil - it only holds four and one-half ounces - would quickly wreck the final drive and no amount of oil changing would make a difference. Here was a Militec test if ever there was one! I dropped the break-in oil at 250km and flushed the shrapnel out (there was a lot of metallic debris) and added Militec to the 75W synthetic oil. I changed it again at 500km - did the whole flush with solvent thing again, and just changed the oil (with Militec) again at 750km. No more metal junk in the oil and the oil is clean, clean, clean on the stick at 1500km! Also the noise (not bad noise - just gear whine) has gone away almost completely, and after a long, hard run at near top speed (a whopping 60mph!) the differential stays very cool to the touch! I use Militec in the engine oil and gearbox of the Ural, too. Militec actually WORKS! It took me a long time to find an additive or conditioner that actually does what the company claims what it will do - and Militec is just that product. There are no dramatic commercials on TV - no lavish endorsements by people who "just feel better about their car" - just REAL, PROVEN (to me, the eternal skeptic) results! I recommend it for racing applications as well as the ordinary car you drive every day. Lower oil temperatures mean less oxidation and thermal decomposition and the sacrificial coating on metal surfaces means less friction (as indicated by the lower temperatures) and better economy of operation due to longer life of components and lubricants. Thank you for the chance to tell you about my Militec experience.