> john koning wrote: > In response to your question on synthetic oil, check out this web site > called "The motor oil Bible" Cost about $10.00 to down load but will > answer all your questions???? > True synthetics base stock is made of PAO's (Polyalphaolefins) there > are other base stocks, some of the advise you were given by other people > are true, but to make a educated choice read this book. > > Fryerman2000. > P.S Amsoil is a good product have used it for twenty years check out there > web site also.
I did some reading awhile back and have a few links some might find interesting but first to add to John's reply this site mentioned -- Snake Oil! Is That Additive Really A Negative? Article by Fred Rau ROAD RIDER/August 1992 Pg 15 http://web.archive.org/web/20010405130858/http://www.geocities.com/chrislonghurst/snakeoil.html Synthetic oils were originally developed for use in gas turbine engines. In most cases they are capable of maintaining their viscosity for longer periods of use and under much greater temperatures and pressures than petroleum products. Commons synthetics used for engine lubrication today are Polyalphaolefin (like Mobil 1) or Dibasic Organic Esters (like AMSOIL). They are fully compatible with conventional oils and can be mixed, providing their ratings match. Engine Oils and what you need to know http://www.chris-longhurst.com/carbibles/engineoil_bible.html Pure synthetic oils (polyalkyleneglycol) are the types used almost exclusively within the industrial sector in polyglycol gearbox oils for heavily loaded gearboxes. These are typically concocted by intelligent blokes in white lab coats. These chaps break apart the molecules that make up a variety of substances, like vegetable and animal oils, and then recombine the individual atoms that make up those molecules to build new, synthetic molecules. This process allows the chemists to actually "fine tune" the molecules as they build them. Clever stuff. But Polyglycols don't mix with normal mineral oils. While we're on synthetic oils, I should mention Amsoil. I originally had them down as an additive. I was wrong. I've got to say I've had no experience of the product myself so I can't vent my spleen about it. However, there is a particularly good page with a ton of info about it here. http://www.searchforparts.com/important_articles/amsoil_testing_with_taxi_cabs.html I recommend you pop over and read this and see what you think. I've been contacted by Amsoil themselves and asked to point out the following: Amsoil do NOT produce or market oil additives and do not wish to be associated with oil additives. They are a formulator of synthetic lubricants for automotive and industrial applications and have been in business for 30+ years. They are not a half-hour infomercial or fly-by-night product, nor have they ever been involved in a legal suit regarding their product claims in that 30+ year span. Many Amsoil products are API certified, and ALL of our products meet and in most cases exceed the specifications of ILSAC, AGMA etc..... Their lubricants also exceed manufacturers specifications and Amsoil are on many manufacturers approval lists. They base their claims on ASTM certified tests and are very open to anyone, with nothing to hide. It turns out that Amsoil actually have the stance that they recommend engine oil additives are NOT to be used with their products. This will become relevant later on this page, and in the additives section. They have a pretty good FAQ on the Amsoil website, which you can find here. http://www.amsoil.com/frequent.htm More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Motor Oil by Ed Hackett http://web.archive.org/web/20020601134519/http://rconcepts.com/beard/dragnet/drag/oilinfo.html Making Sense of Synthetic Lubricants By: Don Stevens http://web.archive.org/web/20010204094200/http://www.seansa4page.com/resource/synth.html In becoming an Amsoil Synthetic Lubricants dealer in 1998 I have done.... And a summation including a couple of the sites above -- Wild Rose Miata Club Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://www.telusplanet.net/public/rbhutson/miata/arc_2001/musings_v7-02.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Remanufactured Ink Cartridges & Refill Kits at MyInks.com for: HP $8-20. Epson $3-9, Canon $5-15, Lexmark $4-17. Free s/h over $50 (US & Canada). http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=6351 http://us.click.yahoo.com/0zJuRD/6CvGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
