How Does Changing My Engine Oil Improve My Fuel Mileage?

 There are many benefits to changing the engine oil in your car, truck, motorcycle, or other vehicles.  They will run better and ultimately last much longer with regular oil changes.  

However, most people do not know that fresh engine oil can lead to better fuel mileage in most vehicles.  Here is how oil can have a direct impact on your fuel mileage.

Your engine oil runs all over your engine.  It lubricates pistons, bearings, gears, chains, and other metal parts of your engine.  The main purpose of oil is to prevent damaging friction from metal parts rubbing against one another from destroying your engine.  Friction makes it harder for metal parts to move and it also creates heat which can break down oil, which leads to more friction.

A great example of friction is rubbing your hands together.  You will feel the heat as you rub your hands together.  Eventually, the heat will become so hot that you have to stop rubbing your hands together.  This heat is caused by the friction from your skin rubbing together.  Now, put some lotion on your hands and then rub them together.  You may still feel some heat, but it will be greatly reduced.  The oil in your engine works the same as the lotion on your hands in this example.

Oil can break down due to heat and contaminants, this is why we need to change our oil from time to time.  As our oil ages, it loses the ability to fight friction.  As friction increases, it becomes harder for the internal parts inside your engine to move like they are supposed to move.  The harder it is for these parts to move, the more energy (fuel) is required to move them. 

Fresh Oil Makes The Difference

When you change your oil, the new oil has all of the properties to fight friction on your internal parts.  The parts move easier, and in turn, you do not burn as much fuel to fight the friction inside your engine.  Your engine has hundreds of moving parts.  If each of these parts moves easier, it can add up to a big gain in the efficiency of your engine. This translates to more of the fuel you burn moving your vehicle instead of fighting through friction inside the engine.

Fresh Oil Leaves Your Engine Cleaner

Fresh oil also flushes contaminants like sludge out of your engine and carries them to the oil filter where it is trapped.  A cleaner engine also runs more efficiently resulting in better fuel economy and even lower emissions.

TriboDyn Oils Go Even Further

TriboDyn oils give you all of the benefits listed above. However, they also provide the additional benefit of treating the metal inside your engine.  TriboDyn TRI-EX 2 has a patented formula that releases a thin, ceramic film on the metal surfaces inside your engine.  This ceramic film is similar to the surface of a non-stick frying pan.  This ceramic film combines with the full synthetic oil in TriboDyn to virtually eliminate friction inside your engine.  The result is engines that run incredibly efficiently, produce more power, and use less fuel.  TriboDyn users report fuel economy increases of between 4% to 8% and higher after changing to TriboDyn  form even other premium oils.