Originally Posted by Yondering
It's good lubrication and good cleaning that are generally somewhat at odds with each other particularly where high pressure and/or high temperature lubrication is required.


Yes, I do agree with that.

As to corrosion protection, that is pretty dependent on how severe the test (or real life) conditions are.

The industrial standard that has been most used & is quite severe that I've worked with is a Detroit Diesel's spec which requires 96 hours at 90% humidity at 90F degrees with no corrosion acceptable.

Some of the types of products that will provide that protection could be considered as lubricants for some applications but there are surely better products for that purpose..............as you've pointed out, it somewhat depends on the conditions that the lube must meet. Higher pressures & temps are definitely more demanding.

MM