Castrol Syntec

[Brooke Fairbanks <Brooke@minn.net>]

This was borrowed from the Early Bronco mailing list...

Brooke Fairbanks
Savage, MN

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From:	Daniel Newberry [SMTP:newberry@spacelab.net]
Sent:	Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:37 AM
To:	*EBML
Subject:	EBML [Fwd: lmb Fwd: Castrol Syntec]

Tidbits for the purists out there...
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CHink28@aol.com wrote:
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> THought some might find this interesting.
> 
> Chris H
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> Subject:	Castrol Syntec
> Date:	Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:22:02 -0400
> From:	James Oxley <luxjo@thecore.com>
> Reply-To:	bigbroncos@moab.off-road.com
> To:	bigbroncos@moab.off-road.com
> References:	<19991027134426.1705.rocketmail@web216.mail.yahoo.com>
>      <381700C1.2FDE@thecore.com> <018101bf2083$fe0c8060$0200a8c0@Bitch>
> 
> Stole this off the talon list.
> 
>                          OX
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Just heard news today that you Castrol Syntec fans might not be aware of.
> > In a recent copy of a lubrication magazine that I will be getting more
> > info from and copies of in the next few weeks, it was exposed that Syntec
> > is no longer a "real" synthetic oil.  Apparently a year or so ago they
> > changed their formula to a hydrocracked oil, which is basically a very
> > well refined petroleum.  Mobil found out about this and took them to court
> > that they cannot claim to be a synthetic if they are no longer a PAO or
> > diester base.  The courts ruled in favor of Castrol, because the API
> > rating showed the new formula as meeting a synthetic rating.  But it does
> > not in the the chemisty definition, in that it is man made, it is only a
> > well refined dino-oil.  Castrol has been criticized before, because only
> > about 90% of their formula was a PAO while they advertised "Full
> > Synthetic."  Now they have gone away from that, but never changed their
> > bottles and marketed it to the public still as a synthetic.  Basically
> > they have lied going by the weak definition from the API rating.
> >
> > Shell apparently developed the hydrocracked oil, so chances are if you are
> > using a Shell synthetic product, it is really dino-oil too.  The article
> > apparently said if you are unsure of what your oil is, call the
> > manufacturer and ask what the base stock is.  If it isn't a PAO or
> > Diester, it isn't a "real" synthetic.  Amsoil, Mobil 1, and probably
> > Redline, Royal Purple and some others may end up benefitting from this.
> > We can now say, why pay that much for a dino-oil, when you can run a
> > true 100% synthetic?
> >
> > This has sparked conversation in the local Amsoil group here.  As I get
> > more info, I will pass it on.  Apparently it is a two part article with
> > the second part appearing in next months issue.  One of the dealers plans
> > to gather all the info together to present to the rest explaining what has
> > really been done, and maybe who else is doing it.
> >
> > Oddly, I also heard in another clip from someone that Castrol doesn't use
> > Castrol in their race car.  Wonder why...?
> >


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