Simply put: Synthetic oil is simply a modern manufacturing method to get the
little amount of
unwanted stuff in dinosaur oil out, take the good constituents and then make
a better oil.
So when some synthetic oil vendor claims that their oil is "100%
synthetic"...it's not. Just look him in the eyes and ask him where the base
stock came from - dinosaur bones, poop, and other entrails. ;)
- Bernd
You're mostly correct - group 3 base stock is refined from
dinosaurs, but group 4 is fully synthetic, chemically created. I
believe the vast majority of "synthetic" motor oils use the group 3
base stock, but I know there are some using group 4. (Which ones, I'm
not sure.)
Anyhoo, if one word in your reply were changed, from "ALL" to
"MOST", then we are in agreement. :-)
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