Posted by INCase on February 06, 2020 at 09:55:23 from (209.221.240.193):
In Reply to: synthetic oil? posted by Ellis Kinney on February 06, 2020 at 07:32:00:
basically synthetic oils are made from the raw ingredients that make up motor oil. Instead of refining cruel oil into motor oil the systemics take the base chemicals and create an oil (or other lubricant).
THAT is the key difference. Now where they get the base chemical ingredients varies. Those base chemicals can be derived from crude oil stocks or natural gas or??..
The benefits of synthetics, especially the group 4 and up as noted by others is they can use the best base ingredients to make the best oils. Using the "pure" or "purer" base chemicals they avoid all the undesirable ingredients like the paraffin that solidify in colder temperatures. => maintaining the true viscosity of the oil.
also the better synthetics tend to have better additive packages as well which help them handle the contaminates that naturally occur in engines that break down motor oils.
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