Some synthetics use a perfume too. When it comes out of the
tailpipe it smells like old racing cars running on Castrol R. After
running cars with different synthetics for 25 years I know the
different brands smell different.
Thomas
Hall, Phillip wrote:
> Hey Fred -
>
> They could not get the dollar bills ground fine enough so .................
>
> Synthetic stocks start as a crude oil or natural gas from which ethylene is
> produced. This is turned into alphaolefins - synthetic hydocarbons of low
> molecular weight. Then they are polymerized (linked together) into
> polyalphaolefins of heavier molecular weight. Some synthetics also use
> ethers which are acid/alcohol compounds. Mobil 1 is a polyalphaolefin.
>
> A short response and I bet you guys are glad:-)
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us [SMTP:Fred_Katz@ci.sf.ca.us]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 3:33 PM
> To: Patrick J. Horne
> Cc: horne@cs.utexas.edu; Datsunroadsters@onelist.com;
> Datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re[2]: Synthetic oil (not long)
>
> What the heck is synthetic made out of, anyway? Dollar bills?
> Certainly not
> olives/organics/etc if it's synthesized.
>
> Fred - So.SF
>
> ____________________ Reply Separator __________________________
> Subject: RE: Synthetic oil (long)
> Author: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
> Date: 2/15/2001 2:59 PM
>
> You don't have to drain the oil to change the filter. The oil in
> the engine
> is blocked on one side by the oil pump and on the other side by the
> oil
> oil galeries in the engine. When you spin off the engine you will
> lose
> little more oil than what is in the filter, which will cause the iol
> to need
> topping off any way.
>
> I would prefer to move away from dino based oil and go to something
> that
> is more earth friendly.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
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