And according to a friend of mine from Exx*n-M*bil, the oil no longer
has any function than to carry the additives...
Jez
On 7/3/07, Geilfuss Charles <Charles.Geilfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Depends on who is making it and when it was being made. It has
> been made in one form or another from CO2, CO & methane (Fischer-Tropsch
> rxn.) all the way to crude oil that is cracked under catalyst with H2.
> End result is some form of oily ester, diester or polyolefin.
> Good stuff (no flame wars please).
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Wayne Harridge
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 6:45 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Diesel, wasFirst newbie question
>
>
> >
> > Not according to the owner's manual, but regardless: I willingly
> > change oil more often (and use synthetic) when I have a vehicle that
> > should have no problem cresting a half a million miles than I
> > do with
> > gassers that may be shot before 200,000.
> >
>
> So what is "synthetic oil" made from ?
>
> ...Wayne
>
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