Disclosed is a lubricating oil composition which comprises: (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity having a kinematic viscosity at 100 C. in a range of about 2 to about 50 mm.sup.2/s, (b) an overbased metal salt of an alkyl-substituted phenate detergent, wherein the alkyl group is derived from an isomerized normal alpha olefin having from about 10 to about 40 carbon atoms per molecule and having an isomerization level (I) of the normal alpha olefin of from about 0.1 to about 0.4 in an amount to provide at least 1000 ppm of calcium, (c) one or more magnesium-containing detergents having about 100 to about 1000 ppm of magnesium, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil composition, and (d) one or more zinc dialkyl dithiophosphate compounds derived from a primary alcohol.

This disclosure describes an ashless lubricant additive. The additive is a tertiary amine-containing compound having the following structure:

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where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently a linear or branched-chain monovalent hydrocarbyl group having two to about twenty carbon atoms, each m is independently from 0 to 2, each p is independently from 0 to 2, for each cyclic moiety m+p is from 2 to 4, and each n is independently from 1 to 6.

There is provided a lubricating oil composition which is excellent in the wear resistance and the oil film retention even when the viscosity of the composition is lowered. The lubricating oil composition comprises: a base oil (A); an imide compound (B); a calcium-based detergent (C); a polymer component (D); and a zinc dithiophosphate (E), wherein the imide compound (B) comprises at least one non-boron-modified succinic acid imide compound (Bx) selected from a succinic acid monoimide (B1x) represented by general formula (b-1) and a succinic acid bisimide (B2x) represented by general formula (b-2), and wherein the polymer compound (D) has a mass average molecular weight (Mw) of not less than 10,000 and not more than 50,000, and comprises at least one selected from an olefin polymer (D1) and a polymethacrylate (D2).

The invention relates to a lubricant composition comprising at least: a base oil, a friction modifier comprising molybdenum, a boron-containing dispersant, a polymer comprising repeating units which can be obtained by polymerization of monomers (a) with the formula (I):

##STR00001## wherein: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl moiety, X1 represents a moiety chosen from: O, O(AO)m, or NH, each moiety A independently representing a C2-C4 alkylene moiety and m represents an integer from 0 to 10. R2 is a polybutylene moiety, and p is equal to 0 or 1.

A lubricant composition having greater than 50 percent by weight of a base oil, a dispersant composition comprising: i) a first dispersant comprising one or more reaction products of at least one polyisobutenyl succinic acid or anhydride having a polyisobutenyl group with a number average molecular weight that is less than or equal to 1300, and at least one polyamine; and ii) a second dispersant comprising one or more reaction products of at least one polyisobutenyl succinic acid or anhydride having a polyisobutenyl group with a number average molecular weight greater than 1300, and at least one polyamine; and at least one ashless antioxidant; and wherein a weight ratio of the second dispersant to the dispersant composition is 0.66:1 to 1:1 or a ratio of the weight percentages of nitrogen contributed by the second dispersant to nitrogen of the dispersant composition is 0.62:1 to 1:1.

A lubricant composition having greater than 50 percent by weight of a base oil, a dispersant composition comprising: i) a first dispersant comprising one or more reaction products of at least one polyisobutenyl succinic acid or anhydride having a polyisobutenyl group with a number average molecular weight that is less than or equal to 1300, and at least one polyamine; and ii) a second dispersant comprising one or more reaction products of at least one polyisobutenyl succinic acid or anhydride having a polyisobutenyl group with a number average molecular weight greater than 1300, and at least one polyamine; and at least one ashless antioxidant; and wherein a weight ratio of the second dispersant to the dispersant composition is 0.66:1 to 1:1 or a ratio of the weight percentages of nitrogen contributed by the second dispersant to nitrogen of the dispersant composition is 0.62:1 to 1:1.

Disclosed is a lubricating engine oil composition for use in down-sized boosted engines comprising a lubricating oil base stock as a major component, and at least one silane-containing compound. Also disclosed is a method for preventing or reducing low speed pre-ignition in a direct injected, boosted, spark ignited internal combustion engine, and the use of at least one silane-containing compound in a lubricating engine oil composition for preventing or reducing low speed pre-ignition in a direct injected, boosted, spark ignited internal combustion engine.

The present invention relates to lubricant compositions for scooter engines and methods for reducing static friction between ferrous and non-ferrous surfaces as may be found in a wet clutch. The lubricant compositions contain polyether compounds in combination with one or more ash-free friction modifiers.

A lubricating oil composition containing a base oil (A), a molybdenum-based friction modifier (B), a metal-based detergent (C), and a dispersant (D), in which the dispersant (D) contains a non-boron-modified polyisobutenyl succinic bisimide (D1). The IR spectrum of the non-boron-modified polyisobutenyl succinic bisimide (D1) is determined by an FT-IR method, having a ratio [Abs (1705 cm.sup.?1)/Abs (1390 cm.sup.?1)] of a peak intensity Abs (1705 cm.sup.?1) at 1705 cm.sup.?1 to a peak intensity Abs (1390 cm.sup.?1) at 1390 cm.sup.?1 is 7.5 or less. A content of the non-boron-modified polyisobutenyl succinic bisimide (D1) is 50 mass % or more based on a total amount of the dispersant (D), and contains a kinematic viscosity at 100? C. is 9.3 mm.sup.2/s or less. The lubricating oil composition has an excellent effect of reducing a friction coefficient while containing a molybdenum-based friction modifier and a succinimide compound.

An industrial fluid additive composition comprises one or more sequestering agents one or more compounds of formula (A): (A) wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently selected from substituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl moieties containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.