Summary of Porsche’s
Evolve Lubricants Engine Test

New Superior Lubricants Engineered
To Better Protect Your Porsche Engine

Hi-Tech Fluid Replacement for Engine Oil

If oil is doing it’s job of stopping metal to metal contact in your engine, then logically, there should never be any engine wear. However, with premature wear like bore scoring, broken piston rings, worn cam followers, and spun bearings, it’s obvious that oil is not doing a good job of protecting your engine. Given the advances in hydrocarbon technology, Porsche wanted to know if an alternative approach to engine lubricants would deliver better engine wear protection.

New Engine Performance Fluid Technology

Porsche is actively developing alternatives to petroleum-based oils and fuels. Porsche is creating eFuel – a carbon-neutral fuel for use in existing combustion engines. European car manufacturers, Porsche, and the FIA, want to go beyond the performance and environmental issues of legacy petroleum-based oils.

Working With Porsche – Evolve Lubricants

Porsche worked with Evolve Lubricants to test EvoSyn® – an Engine Performance Fluid (EPF) – a totally new class of engine lubricant. The test results prove that Evolve’s advanced plant based hydro-carbon technology delivers a superior, sustainable fluid, that dramatically improves wear protection in Porsche engines and significantly outperforms Mobil 1  – and all motor oils.

Oil Comes Out of The Ground – Evolve Doesn’t

Despite being called “synthetic,” more than 80% of the oil in the container you buy from known brands, is base stock petroleum oil with the same old issues.

Engines Go Beyond the Capabilities of Oil Chemistry

Porsche makes smaller capacity engines with tight tolerances that produce more power and better fuel economy. That means the oil film has to work harder and more efficiently in smaller gaps between moving parts. Turbocharging adds higher temperatures and increased fluid pressures which further stress the oil film. These factors go beyond the capabilities of oil chemistry and it’s no wonder we see a return to bore scoring, excessive oil consumption, and premature engine wear.

These issues are oil performance problems – The basic chemistry of oil means it struggles with high temperatures, high pressures, fuel dilution, and cold start protection. Evolve engineered a plant based hydrocarbon fluid that solves these problems and behaves more consistently than oil even in the most extreme circumstances.

Evolve Engine Performance Fluid Replaces Oil

Evolve Engine Performance Fluid is a new form of engine protection technology that goes beyond what oil even means chemically or functionally. Evolve Engine Performance Fluid or EPF is engineered to outperform oil. It replaces legacy engine oil with a next generation performance fluid. Evolve Lubricants provide a significant step forward in engine wear protection for your Porsche.

Zero Engine Wear With Evolve EvoSyn®

Porsche’s test results prove that even under the most extreme circumstances, Evolve’s EvoSyn® Engine Performance Fluid still protects engine surfaces from wear. Evolve delivers engine wear protection beyond the capabilities of oil.

Understanding Oil Test Results

It’s important to understand that engine tests are conducted by third parties who control the disclosure, presentation, and final editorial rights on any publication. In the case of Porsche for example, the test was initiated and conducted by Porsche for their benefit. It includes proprietary data from the MA2.03 engine platform and therefore is subject to NDA. It should also be obvious that positive results from this test potentially disrupt oil company relationships and therefore oil brand specific comparison data is restricted.

The more than 100-page test results from the Porsche test remain subject to NDA, however, Porsche has allowed us to publish summary results that they presented to the World Engine Congress meeting in Germany when discussing alternatives to oil and the use of sustainable lubricants.

Summary of Test Results
Porsche A. G Tests Evolve EvoSyn® Engine Performance Fluid

Porsche AG conducted a “destructive engine test” using the Evolve EvoSyn® Engine performance Fluid in a Porsche 6 cylinder turbo engine. The target of the test was to go significantly beyond the areas of the ACEA testing methodology for Porsche A40/C40 approvals. The test was conducted under the most severe operating conditions, including high-performance and racetrack simulations, high piston ring groove temperature situations, and significant aged fluid, and high fuel dilution scenarios.

In the test, Porsche checks for engine wear rates, oxidation, changes in oil temp, oil pressure, viscosity change, deposits, emissions output, and viscosity dilution under severe conditions. The testing sequence consisted of hundreds of hours of running that included simulated full throttle endurance race conditions, and extended engine running in repeated friction test, oxidation, nitration, cold cycle, and fluid aging test sequences.

Oil Dilution and Viscosity Change Test

Oil Dilution and Viscosity Change Test Results

A fuel dilution test is very important and is included when Porsche completes a destructive engine test. During the normal running of your Porsche engine, a quantity of fuel will enter the engine oil. This happens by fuel passing by the piston rings into the engine oil sump. It can be caused in a number of ways:

• Blow-by – Worn or dirty piston rings can allow unburned fuel to seep into the cylinders and down in to the oil crankcase. The blow-by is part of the reason why you need an AOS on your Porsche engine.
• Defective Fuel Injectors – Fuel that is not properly atomized or that leaks into the cylinders can wash down the cylinder walls and remove the oil film before entering the sump.
• Frequent Short Trips – Driving only short distances or making frequent cold starts can prevent the engine from reaching its optimal operating temperature and uses stronger fuel mixtures. The frequent cold starts cause more fuel to dilute the oil film on the cylinder liner and enter the crankcase, with less heat to evaporate the fuel through the AOS.
• Direct Fuel Injection – The design of direct fuel injection in your Porsche engine can increase the risk of fuel diluting the cylinder liner oil film and washing past piston rings into the oil sump.

Evolve EvoSyn® Does Not Dilute and Maintains Engine Protection

When you add gasoline to oil, the oil thins out, looses viscosity significantly and give up its ability to offer engine surface wear protection. The oil viscosity drops even more significantly with heat and the more gasoline you add, the worse the problem gets. Porsche dilutes oils in its test to see where the engine will break.

In the test with Evolve shown above, a mix of E25 gasoline/ethanol was added to the EvoSyn Fluid. For every legacy oil previously tested, this level of gasoline mix is radically destructive. However, due to the design of the Evolve hydrocarbon, the EvoSyn® Fluid does not dilute or loose viscosity. Much to Porsche’s amazement, during this dilution test, wear protection was maintained with the EvoSyn® Fluid despite the introduction of gasoline! Engines running legacy oil typically break quickly under these extreme circumstances. With EvoSyn® the engine did not break, and as shown below, displayed no signs of engine surface wear issues.

What This Means For Your Porsche Engine

With Evolve EvoSyn®, you can be sure you have a stronger oil film between piston rings and cylinder liners that wont degrade due to gasoline contamination. That means stable fluid viscosity and significantly better engine wear protection for cold starts, short journeys, or leaking fuel injectors!

Oil Deposits and Wear Rates

Examining Oil Deposits and Wear Rates

So, the oil in your Porsche engine has aged, you add lots of gasoline to dilute the oil, then you go out and thrash the engine at full throttle to see how long it lasts! With legacy oil, that’s typically not long at all. In the case of the test with EvoSyn® Engine Performance Fluid, the engine continued to run for 100 hours and did not break!

This is the final destructive part of the test and shows Porsche where the oil film between moving parts has degraded enough to cause engine failure. Once the engine has failed and been disassembled, the surface wear rates and oil deposits are measured.

EvoSyn® Produces the Lowest Wear Rates Ever Recorded

The engine parts are thoroughly examined and wear rates measured. The most significant signs of wear and engine failure are seen in cylinder liners, valves, turbochargers, bearings, cam followers, camshafts, and piston rings (see below). The results from the EvoSyn® test shown above, demonstrate little or no signs of engine wear despite the most extreme conditions. In this test measured against motor oil, EvoSyn Engine Performance Fluid produced the lowest ever recorded wear rates on engine internals.

What This Means For Your Porsche Engine

With Evolve EvoSyn®, you can be confident in the best engine wear protection and longer engine life no matter how you choose to drive your Porsche. Even in the most extreme circumstances, Evolve EvoSyn® Engine Performance Fluid will always provide better protection for your Porsche engine versus legacy synthetic oil.

Ring Groove Widening Test

Ring Groove Widening Test

One of the most important areas to Porsche in measurement of oil performance, is the piston ring groove widening test. The piston ring to cylinder liner interface is critical in preserving compression, power, and efficiency through extended use.

Typical Results – Running this test with petroleum-based synthetic oil, Porsche expects to see engine failure. In most cases, the piston ring grove will widen and the first piston ring will break. Typically this test produces significant aluminum wear rates and damage to the piston ring to cylinder liner interface – bore scoring.

Why the Test is Important

Porsche makes smaller capacity engines with tight tolerances that produce more power and better fuel economy. That means the oil film has to work harder and more efficiently in smaller gaps between moving parts such as the piston rings to cylinder liner.

Compression & Oil Control – The piston rings must fit precisely within their grooves to seal the combustion chamber. Groove widening leads to loss of ring seating, increased blow-by, and excessive oil consumption.

Strong Indicator of Lubricant Protection Quality – Excessive piston ring groove wear points to inadequate oil film strength. A strong oil film prevents metal-to-metal contact and minimizes wear deposits.

Measurable Prediction of Long-Term Engine Stability – Even small amounts of groove wear early in testing can project major sealing problems later in an engine’s service life – this makes ring groove tests a critical durability metric in oil qualification.

Evolve EvoSyn® Results – No Wear on Rings or Grooves

As shown above, even with Evolve EvoSyn® running in extreme fuel dilution conditions, Porsche found no piston ring wear, groove widening issues, and zero increase in aluminum wear rates. EvoSyn® continued to maintain a strong oil film between piston rings and the cylinder liner while protecting the piston ring grooves. This demonstrates significantly better long-term engine stability when compared to oil. EvoSyn® ensures tight piston ring fit is maintained, preserving compression, power, and efficiency of the engine through extended use.

What This Means For Your Porsche Engine

This test result clearly demonstrates Evolve’s value in long term engine surface wear protection and enhanced engine efficiency with extended use. It means you can be confident that your engine is better protected with EvoSyn® against piston ring wear and will continue to efficiently deliver power in the long term. The best defense against bore scoring and excess oil consumption.

Piston Ring Groove Deposits

Ring Groove Deposit Test

Piston ring groove deposits are carbonized or varnish-like residues that form in the grooves of a piston where the rings sit and they can cause serious performance and reliability issues if allowed to build up. Deposits in the piston ring grooves are formed from oxidized oil, fuel residue, and combustion byproducts that bake onto the piston at high temperatures. Over time, these hardened layers restrict ring movement. They are caused by:

• High oil oxidation from excessive heat or extended drain intervals.
• Low-quality or degraded oil with poor detergent or dispersant chemistry.
• Short trips with incomplete warm-up cycles that cause water condensation and fuel dilution.
• Poor combustion or blow-by increasing soot contamination.
• Turbocharged or high-load operation causing local hot spots.

Engine effects from ring groove deposits include:

• Rings stick or lose mobility – stuck rings leads to engine failure – bore scoring.
• Reduced compression and lubrication control.
• Increased blow-by, oil consumption, and more emissions.
• Rapidly accelerate cylinder liner wear.

Ring Groove Deposit Testing Insight

In aged oil or endurance tests, low ring groove deposit formation is a key indicator of an oil’s thermal stability and additive robustness. Oils that resist oxidation and maintain cleanliness better protect the piston ring interface, which is critical for sealing efficiency and long-term power retention.

Piston Ring Groove Deposit Performance – Evolve EvoSyn®

In Porsche’s test results shown above, Evolve EvoSyn® demonstrated exceptional resistance to piston ring groove deposit formation under extreme extended high-temperature testing. The EvoSyn’s® advanced hydrocarbon maintained piston cleanliness and ring mobility, thereby minimizing carbon accumulation within the ring grooves. Compared to petroleum-based synthetic oils, Evolve showed significantly lower deposit mass and better ring groove integrity, ensuring consistent compression, reduced blow-by, and sustained engine efficiency throughout the test cycle.

What This Means For Your Porsche Engine

The test results mean you can be confident that your engine is better protected with EvoSyn® against piston ring wear and the build-up of destructive ring groove deposits. With Evolve, your engine will continue to efficiently deliver power in the long term.

Why We Recommend Evolve EvoSyn®

Evolve EvoSyn® is smart choice that ticks all the boxes. The Engine Performance Fluid offers new technology that delivers a responsible green choice and significant measurable performance upgrades. The extreme condition tests show that your engine is better protected no matter how you choose to drive your Porsche. We conducted much research into Evolve before making our recommendation – we’ve always been skeptical about the claims oil companies make. Having seen the results of failed engines, bore scoring, broken piston rings, and noticed the increase in high oil consumption on many Porsche engines, we believe it’s time to change. Based on all that we’ve learned, we will never run our cars on standard petroleum-based synthetic oil brands again. Evolve EvoSyn is in a different class and we are very confident it’s a meaningful performance upgrade. We’re also green and environmentally conscious as a byproduct!