Creator of CamGuard Oil Additive Offers Tips for Protecting Aircraft Engines

Tulsa, Okla. (PRWEB) April 8, 2008 -- Though oil is vital to running any engine, the right additives can make a marked difference in aircraft engine performance and life. Jim Van Gilder discovered this when he started adding CamGuard to the oil in his Bonanza.

"The oil consumption for the first several hundred hours since overhaul was an impressive one quart in 16 hours," Van Gilder said. "Consumption gradually increased to a quart in six to eight hours."

The trend concerned Van Gilder, who then started using CamGuard in the hopes that the problem was sticky rings.

"Apparently, it was and the results have been remarkable, as oil consumption is reduced to its lowest level ever, one quart between changes every 25 to 30 hours," Van Gilder said.

Ed Kollin, technical director of Aircraft Specialties Lubricants (http://www.aslcamguard.com), has seen similar results with CamGuard in many different aircraft engines. Kollin discusses what plane owners can expect when they look into aircraft oil additives.

"Historically, oil additives were nothing more than mild solvents," Kollin said. "They were either mineral sprits or very thin baseoil."

According to Kollin, the hope was that these solvents would dissolve the deposits. At the time, the technology did not exist to deal with the blow-by contamination problem and prevent deposits. Most common oil additives are more than 50 years old and have never been critically evaluated.

Kollin also emphasizes that pilots need an additive package that offers additional rust inhibitors.

"No other commercial additive demonstrates any rust prevention performance," he said. "What's worse is that the major commercial oils use only a tiny amount of rust inhibitor, if any at all. Aircraft sitting for weeks or longer between flights need a robust rust inhibitor in their engines."

Kollin also says that rigorous testing and results should be readily available. Additive manufacturers should be able to demonstrate significant engine performance advantages.

"For example, we rigorously tested CamGuard to industry standard corrosion protocols like the DIN 50017-humidity cabinet," Kolin said. "We also performed additional corrosion testing based on the American Petroleum Institute methods for automotive oils. When we terminated the testing at 60 days, the CamGuard samples showed no corrosion, more than tripling the protection time of the best available oil."

For more information and details about CamGuard and testing for aircraft oil additives, visit Aircraft Specialties Lubricants online at http://www.aslcamguard.com

About the Company

Aircraft Specialties Lubricants is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Specialties Services and was established to produce products specifically designed to protect general aviation aircraft. CamGuard is the first production product.

Press release provided by Xeal Inc. (http://www.xeal.com)

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