Patent ID: 6010545
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: C10L

Abstract:
A fuel oil composition comprising:a major portion of a petroleum-based or vegetable-based fuel oil,0.0001% to 10% by weight of a lubricity enhancer selected from a carboxylic acid or an ester of a carboxylic acid, which contains from 2 to 50 carbon atoms, and a polyhydric alcohol, which contains two or more carbon atoms,0.005 to 1% by weight of at least one polyoxyalkylene ester, ether, ester/ether and mixtures thereof containing at least one C.sub.10 to C.sub.30 linear alkyl group and a polyoxyalkylene group of molecular weight up to 5000, the alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms, andwherein the sulphur content of the composition being at most 0.05% by weight, the composition having a lubricity such as to give a wear scar diameter, as measured by the HFRR test at 60.degree. C., of at most 500 .mu.m.