That's what I understand to be the truth about Castrol. Mike
On 11/11/08 8:15 PM, "Mike S" <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote: > At 12:31 PM 11/11/2008, Ken Wilford wrote... >> There are so many other full synthetic alternatives at this point. > > Principally because Castrol won a case in front of an oil industry > marketing board which let them call a petroleum based Group III oil, > "synthetic." > > Don't assume that a "synthetic" oil is what most people consider > synthetic (PAO/ester basestock, which start from hydrocarbons other > than crude oil). Castrol Syntec, for example, is made from petroleum. > It was once PAO based, but they changed in the late 90's to a much > cheaper basestock without lowering the price. Ripoff. Marketing allows > them to do so. > > Group III oil is good, but not worth the premium many manufacturers > charge. |
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