"Bernd D. Ratsch" <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
> 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.
Correct, for group 3 (they're trying to get the paraffin out,
mostly), but again, group 4 is a whole 'nother animal.
> 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. ;)
Yep, that is true if he is using group 3 base stock, but if he is
using group 4 base stock, it probably came from a chemical reaction
with ethylene gas.
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