synthetic oil bliss

[Virtual Bob]

On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Bryan Rodgers wrote:

> Brings to mind a question that's probably been asked again and again: is one
> synthetic oil better then the next?

Donno. However, there are different ways of creating (or, uh, marketing)
one as recent C&D article claims. And as such, I guess, whom you choose to
support...

The article says whereas virtually all synth oil manufacturers starts with
ethylene, but Castrol uses very-refined petroleum as the base stock for
its Syntec synth oil. The substitution is said to "provide similar
properties" of traditional synth base stock, polyalphaolefin (PAO).

The bottom line is Castrol can create its synth oil at half of the cost of
others in the market, but the problem is Castrol ain't sharing its cost
savings with you. Personally, I'd support those manufacturers who went
the long way with product cost reflecting the trouble they went through to
produce the product just for heck of it...

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