SAR Shares: How using low quality lubricants & greases can harm the efficiency of your business

Dave Mott – 01 October 2025

At SAR Lubricants, we understand why high-quality lubricants offer the best solution to your challenges.

Using low-quality lubricants can cost you time, as well as money in maintenance.

High-quality lubricants ensure superior protection and performance, resulting in higher output levels.

By choosing to buy high-quality lubricants, you’ll increase the longevity of your vehicles and equipment, keeping your production lines, and vital equipment running for as long as possible, while minimising maintenance bills.

At SAR Lubricants, we can help guide you to the optimum lubricant for your business’ needs.

SAR understands the critical importance of the correct lubrication

Lubrication plays a vital role in the operation of equipment and vehicles, ensuring the optimum performance of engines, gears, bearings, and other moving parts. Effective lubrication reduces friction, lowers operating temperatures, and keeps contaminants at bay, while protecting equipment from overheating, reducing unplanned downtime, and minimising component failures.

Many members of our sales team have over 20 years of experience within our industry. We’re often able to provide rapid responses to customer queries with our extensive knowledge of our product catalogue, to advise you on the right products to suit your challenges head on and make sure your business stays efficient. The team can provide advice over the phone, same day to answer your queries efficiently and talk you through exactly what you need to do.

The downsides of low-quality lubricants

Opting for general-purpose or low-grade lubricants may seem cost-effective initially, but they can lead to increased consumption, more frequent maintenance, higher downtime, and ultimately, greater expense. Selecting lubricants tailored more specifically to your application is essential for long-term efficiency and reliability.

The importance of high-quality Automotive lubricants

Whether choosing vehicle or machine lubricants, look for those designed for your specific sector and equipment. In terms of the automotive market sector, with such a wide range of choices available, it is increasingly important to choose the right grade with the correct specification for your vehicle. The wrong choices could lead to shortened component life and possibly expensive unscheduled repair bills.

We supply lubricants which comply with the requirements of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and are a signatory to the European Engine Lubricants Quality Management System (EELQMS), as a manufacturer of genuine ACEA-specification engine oils. We are subject to annual independent quality testing to certify these standards are maintained, and our oils carry vehicle manufacturer specifications and approvals for added piece of mind.

The benefits of high-quality Industrial lubricants

Industrial machinery often operates under demanding conditions, encountering high temperatures, heavy loads, and contaminant exposure, especially in machining and processing applications. Without adequate lubrication, these stresses lead to increased friction, accelerated wear, and potential equipment failure.

Effective lubrication is key as it helps to create a protective layer between moving parts, reducing friction and heat, preventing corrosion, and controlling energy costs. It also aids in contaminant removal, supporting smooth and efficient machinery operations and helping to extend the equipment’s lifespan and decrease downtime and maintenance needs.

While all production facilities depend on lubricants to continue operating, it’s important to remember that not all lubricants are created equal. It can be a serious mistake to simply purchase a cheap lubricant without considering the full operational factors across a manufacturing facility. Breakdowns are expensive and can have a snowball effect. Smart businesses spend as much time thinking about lubrication as they do about the types of equipment they purchase.

Choose high quality, choose SAR Lubricants

By selecting these high-quality products from SAR Lubricants, we aim to help you achieve superior vehicle and equipment protection, reduce maintenance-heavy downtime, and maintain peak productivity, while adhering to regulatory standards in sensitive environments.

At SAR Lubricants, we have over 150 years’ experience in our industry, and we blend science, service, and technology to deliver outstanding performance and reliability across the different industries we support. Get in touch today to let us tailor the perfect product plan for your equipment needs.