DISPERSANTS FOR LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONS

A lubricating oil composition comprises a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity and a minor amount of an unsymmetrical bis-succinimide, or a mixture of unsymmetrical bis-succinimides, of the structure (I):One of R1and R2is a polyisobutylene group having a weight average molecular weight of 400 to 5,000, as determined by GPC with reference to linear polystyrene standards, and the other of R1and R2is a hydrocarbon group made by the metallocene-catalysed polymerisation of an α-olefin feedstock. Value x is from 1 to 10 and is the same for all molecules of structure (I) or an average of all molecules of structure (I) in a mixture of molecules of structure (I).