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11-04-2003, 11:36 AM
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What is synthetic
This article depicts the debate between Mobil and Castrol....about the definition of fully synthetic oil.
Cliffnotes: Mobil's definition....oil made our of 100 artificial sources with a predermined molecular structure Castrol's definition....oil made out of regular dino oil (with recombined molecular structure) + plus other artificial components http://www.1st-in-synthetics.com/articles60.htm What is your opinion on this?
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11-04-2003, 08:22 PM
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it sounds like castrol's 'fully synthetic' is more of a blend of natural oil with a 'fully-synthetic' mixture. wereas mobil uses a completely synthetic makeup
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11-04-2003, 11:12 PM
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Re: What is synthetic
I think synthetic oil is oil that has no natural base ingredients, like dino oil.
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11-05-2003, 11:56 AM
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Re: Re: What is synthetic
personally i agree with mobil's stand....fully synthetic should only be made out of 100% synthetic materials
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11-05-2003, 12:48 PM
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Re: Re: Re: What is synthetic
A synthetic oil shouldn't be made from refined petroleum but it can be made of refined petroleum products. If we take an synthetic oil as an example, lets say polyalphaolefin; PAO can be made from ethylene and ethylene can be derived from crude oil.
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