Antioxidant additive for lubricant compositions, comprising organotungstate, diarylamine and organomolybdenum compounds

1. A lubricating oil composition comprising a major portion of a lubricating base oil and an antioxidant additive at about 0.1-1.5 mass percent, the additive comprising:

(a) a secondary diarylamine at about 0.5 mass percent,

(b)

(i) a molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate or molybdate ester in an amount which provides about 50 to about 200 ppm molybdenum, or

(ii) an ammonium molybdate in an amount which provides about 50 ppm molybdenum; and

(c) di-(C 11-14 -branched and linear alkyl) amine tungstate or mono-succinimide tungstate in an amount which provides about 100 to 500 ppm tungsten.

2. The lubricating composition of claim 1 , wherein the secondary diarylamine comprises

wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 each independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, and alkaryl groups having 1 to about 20 carbons atoms per each group, wherein X is either (CH 2 ) n , S, or O and n is 0 to 2, or X is two hydrogens bound to their respective carbons in a secondary diphenylamine structure.

3. The lubricating composition of claim 2 , wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are each independently chosen from hydrogen, 2-methyl propenyl, 2,4,4-trimethyl pentenyl, styrenyl and nonyl.

4. The lubricating composition of claim 2 , wherein the secondary diarylamine is chosen from octylated/butylated secondary diarylamine, p,p′-dioctylated secondary diarylamine and octylated/styrenated secondary diarylamine.

5. The lubricating composition of claim 1 , comprising a molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate or molybdate ester in an amount which provides about 50 to about 200 ppm molybdenum.

6. The lubricating composition of claim 1 , comprising an ammonium molybdate in an amount which provides about 50 ppm molybdenum.

7. The lubricating composition of claim 6 , wherein the ammonium molybdate is di-(C 11-14 -branched and linear alkyl) ammonium molybdate.