According to Paul Lyden, Vice President of Lyden Oil Company, “ProGuard® ECO motor oils are made from high quality segregated used motor oil feedstocks that are re-refined in a new state-of-the-art facility in Columbus, Ohio.”  In addition, Lyden says, “They are blended with the most advanced additives to allow for formulations with the maximum amount of re-refined, hydrotreated Group II+ base oils.”  Lyden Oil Company plans to market ProGuard® ECO  in their primary areas of distribution in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and also will license other distributors in areas outside their primary market. 

Lyden says ProGuard® ECO motor oils are especially appealing to the environmentally conscious consumer, because conceptually the consumer can see the oil make the full circle trip from crankcase-to-crankcase.   The used passenger car motor oil is re-refined through an advanced hydro-treating process and formulated into a new product instead of being burned in furnaces or disposed of through other means.  “This process truly minimizes the environmental footprint of passenger car motor oil,” says Lyden. And he adds, ProGuard® ECO motor oils are also appropriate for fleets mandated to follow Executive Order 13101, requiring the use of re-refined motor oils.  Most government entities, including the United States Postal Service, are required to comply with this ruling.      

In addition to the ProGuard® ECO , Lyden Oil is also offering a “green” line of hydraulic oils for environmentally conscious industrial customers. Lyden says, by using the same high-quality re-refined base stocks combined with a premium additive package these hydraulic oils offer improved performance beyond conventionally formulated products.  These will be distributed through the same channels as the ProGuard® ECO  motor oils.

 Paul Lyden tells JobbersWorld, rerefined oils have come a long way from the days when it used to be some of the darkest, lowest quality oil in the market. He adds that it was a tough sell decades ago because rerefining technology was not very advanced, and the quality of rerefined motor oils was rightfully so, considered poor. But that’s changed.

 Lyden points to a sample bottle of the rerefined base oil in his office that’s used in ProGuard® ECO, noting that it’s water clear, API Group II+,  base oil you can be “proud of.”  And when that rerefined base oil is blended with the quality of additives available from Afton and Infineum, Lyden says “the result is a finished lubricant our company can confidently, and proudly market as a high-quality engine oil backed with science and industry research.” And in addition to being proud of the product quality, Lyden says, he and its employees are “proud to know ProGuard® ECO is doing something good for the environment, the economy, and its customers.”