Re: Time for an Oil Change, an opposite opinion

["John H. Graham" <jgraham1@erols.com>]

Phil and Judy Rose wrote:
> 
> >Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 18:56:27 +0000
> >From: "John H. Graham" <jgraham1@erols.com>
> >Subject: Re: Time for an Oil Change, an opposite opinion
> 
> >Avi Meron wrote:
> >>
> >> I beg to disagree.....at least somewhat......
> >> Regular oil WILL not make any deposits if changed regularly (in normal
> >> driving conditions)........
> >> Lets also remember that Synth. oil IS ALSO MADE from petroleum stock......so
> >> it is "VERY DINO",
> >> Avi
> 
> >No real synthetic oil is made from petroleum stock.
> >Sythetic oil base stock is made from alcohols and acids in a reactor.
> >None of it need come from crude oil of any type.
> >
> 
> But where did those alcohols and acids come from? My synthetic organic
> chemistry isn't very up-to-date, but I'll venture that a great amount of
> synthetic organics still use fossil feedstocks (crude oil & gas) as a basic
> source of raw materials. Of course, maybe the Archer Daniel Midlands Corp.
> has changed all that
.
Nothing you'll find in synthetic oil has been dead longer than a month.
Grain is were the alcohols are made from. Acids from minerals.
> 
> I take Avi's point to be that most organic lubricants can lay claim to
> having a "Dino" heritage (more likely it's fossil _plants_?). But I don't
> think that means they have similar lubricating/wear properties.
> 

The fact is, theres no "Dino" in any oil. Or just the ones
that fell in the tar pit.

John
1990 CQ