Additive Stories

Tomas Antol, AWD Auto, JLM distributor for Slovakia How long have you been selling JLM products? We have been selling JLM products for 6 years now, albeit only a few units of Valve Saver Fluid as our product range was far more modest than it is today. We had a car running on...

Most attention on E10 petrol has focussed on motorcars but JLM Lubricants explains that ethanol-laced fuel can affect other engines, too. Any credible company must take its environmental responsibilities seriously. JLM Lubricants is no different. Yet, it makes little environmental logic for a supposed eco-friendly fuel to reduce engine life...

Contamination costs money. Focusing on the ‘dry’ side of the engine, Rob Marshall looks at the problems it causes and the options available to effect a cure. Read here the whole article Rob Marshall wrote for Car Mechanics. For more Car Mechanics, click here

While official testing proves its worth, JLM Lubricants reveals how its latest fuel additive for direct-injection gasoline engines benefits both car owners and garages. Whether a private car owner, dosing the fuel tank with a special additive for the first time, or a garage technician that performs the task regularly...

Challenge A School Bus Division provides school transportation and charter services to municipalities, school systems, and other public and private organizations. Serving large cities and small towns alike, this is one of New England's leading school bus operators, providing transport services for 12 school systems and 65,000 school children. Diesel...

UK could face a DPF failure epidemic, say industry experts The number of DPF-related faults are expected to soar as a result of the government’s coronavirus lockdown. With restrictions still in place across the UK, many diesel owners are only using their vehicle for short essential journeys which do not...

JLM Lubricants has developed a GDI Injector Cleaner that’s been tested by Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) engines perform better, are more economical and more environmentally friendly than indirectinjected petrol engines. However directly injected combustion engines become dirty internally at a much faster rate than indirect-injected...

Like Aftersales Magazine, JLM Lubricants will be ten years old in 2020. Under the leadership of Gilbert Groot, the brand is internationally recognized at the top end of the additives market. Gilbert Groot looks back on ten beautiful years with a bit of pride, although it was not always easy…...

Petrol engines are giving ever better performance and are becoming ever more powerful and economical. But by driving short distances, sometimes with poor quality petrol and contamination in the fuel system, the performance of the engine is adversely affected.   Modern petrol engines with direct fuel injection under high pressure, high specific power...

Diesel DPF Refill Fluid is a universal alternative  To ensure proper regeneration of collected soot particles, some cars are equipped with an on-board Fuel Borne Catalyst (FBC) dosing system. This dosing system has a tank- or bag-type reservoir which should be topped-up a couple of times during the service life of this car.    JLM...

As well as the known JLM Diesel Injector Cleaner, now by popular demand we have developed an extra-concentrated JLM diesel system cleaner for use directly in the fuel filter. This is a very powerful remedy for professional workshop technicians.  JLM Rapid Fuel System Clean is a highly concentrated cleaner. A specially developed combination...

The JLM DPF Cleaning Kit has been crowned a ‘Top Product’ award winner in Professional Motor Mechanic Magazine’s 2014 reader poll. The JLM DPF Cleaning Kit from Kalimex Ltd. (JLM’s master distributor in UK) has beencrowned a ‘Top Product’ award winner in Professional Motor Mechanic Magazine’s 2014reader poll. Through the use of the JLM DPF Cleaning...

Clean = efficiency + increased performance + reliability Modern diesel engines are a prime example of precision technology that ensures that every drop of fuel achieves maximum performance, and that emissions of harmful substances are kept to a minimum. Several times per stroke and precisely timed to hundredths of a...

Advising and informing your customersDo your customers know exactly what happens inside their vehicle’s engine? It’s not very likely. That is why it’s up to you, the professional motor mechanic, to contribute ideas to your customer and to provide them with the best possible information and advice about the current...

JLM Radiator Clean & Flush Pro (J04813) and JLM Radiator Stop Leak (J04811) clean, maintain and seal cooling systems of all vehicles. Almost everybody has experienced it at some point: an engine getting too hot, preventing youfrom driving any further. This mainly happens when the weather's hot or when you're queuingin traffic...

Tips and tricks for diesel particulate filtersThe cost to replace a diesel particulate filter may run into thousands of euros, depending onthe make of the car. Smaller vehicles are no exception in this regard. A cheaper alternative isto renew the diesel particulate filter by cleaning it using special equipment and...

JLM Radiator Clean & Flush Pro (J04813) and JLM Radiator Sealer & Conditioner Pro (J04811) clean, maintain and seal cooling systems of all vehicles. Almost everybody has experienced it at some point: an engine getting too hot, preventing you from driving any further. This mainly happens when the weather's hot...

Car engines must meet increasingly stringent environmental requirements and yet emit less and less harmful exhaust gases, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx). One of the solutions, which car manufacturers have devised for this, is Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR). With exhaust gas recirculation a portion of the dirty exhaust gasses is...

JLM has introduced a new oil additive with the chemical component Bortec. The JLM Bortec Oil Additive J06050 — in contrast to additives with Teflon and ceramics — contains no solid particles such as ash. As a result, friction between moving parts in combustion engines is reduced even further and the parts...

Modern passenger cars and diesel-engined vans are equipped with a diesel particulate filter. This filter captures air polluting gases from the engine that would otherwise end up in the environment. In the course of time the filter becomes full. The car's electronics ensure that this soot is burned during motorway...

While the formation of carbon in internal combustion engines is unavoidable due both to the nature of fossil fuels, and the inherent inefficiency of internal combustion engines, the rate at which carbon forms is largely dependent on the following: Efficiency of the combustion process  In petrol engines that are in...

In simple terms, carbon, as it relates to internal combustion engines, is a residue that consists primarily of unburnt fuel and excess lubrication oil. Collectively, these are known as hydrocarbons, which are the basis of fossil fuels that include petrol, diesel, LP gas, and kerosene. For petrol engines For diesel...

On most diesel engines, the effects of excessive carbon deposits are directly related to the amount, or total volume of the carbon deposit in any given combustion chamber. If we assume that the engine is in good mechanical condition, the total volume of carbon in each combustion chamber will be...

JLM Diesel DPF Refill Fluid J02260 is a universal replacement for additives used for diesel particulate filters in passenger and delivery vehicles with a catalytic converter, on-board dosing system and an additive reservoir. Click here to view the animated video about the JLM particulate filter generation fluid, Diesel DPF Refill Fluid...

She describes being into sports cars as a lifestyle, not a hobby; is renowned for her popular YouTube channel and is a hit on Instagram. She creates the most incredible videos of cars plus relevant product and content presentations. And on Wednesday 12th September at 14.30 Sophia Calate will be...

A buzz is anticipated around the JLM Lubricants booth C62 Hall 9.1 at Automechanika as the global brand launches two new products to add to their stable of technician trusted products – with one being a world first. The JLM Petrol GPF Cleaner and the JLM Petrol Extreme Clean will...

As petrol engine and fuel system technology has evolved into Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI), JLM Lubricants explains why its latest fuel injector cleaner is so beneficial for modern engines. The gasoline/petrol engine is a remarkable invention. Being in mass production for well over a century, it has become so universal...

The Sensational 6: JLM New Product Development Goes into Overdrive  Our mission is to create top performing, top quality products for the trade. This means we’re in constant innovation mode – bringing new products to market; products that our distributors, their stockists and the professional motor mechanic have told us...

May 20191. Could you introduce JLM Lubricants in detail?Your presence, manufacturing plants, distribution network etc. I founded JLM Lubricants 9 years ago. Our base is Amsterdam in The Netherlands - a European top ranked trade and manufacturing powerhouse. Our laboratories are in Amsterdam together with our sales, marketing and distribution...