Patent ID: 7867960

Claim:
A method for forming an antiwear film on an internal engine component comprising: contacting a surface of an internal wearing component of the engine with a tetra-functional hydrolyzable silane compound selected from the group consisting of tetramethoxysilane, tetraethoxysilane, tetrapropoxysilane, tetraisopropoxysilane, tetrabutoxysilane, tetraisobutoxysilane, tetrakis(methoxyethoxy)silane, tetrakis(methoxypropoxy)silane, tetrakis(ethoxyethoxy)silane, tetrakis(methoxyethoxyethoxy)silane, trimethoxyethoxysilane, dimethoxydiethoxysilane, triethoxymethoxysilane, tetra-(4-methyl 2 pentoxy)silane and tetra-(2-ethylhexoxy)silane; and hydrolyzing and condensing the tetra-functional silane to thereby form a film.